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There's a footnote about Saul's interesting name, which leads to: Pawanson is a bit quirky — his unusual last name is the product of a decision he made y
by ireflect 6y ago
There's a footnote about Saul's interesting name, which leads to:
Pawanson is a bit quirky — his unusual
last name is the product of a decision
he made years ago.
"I was born Paul Swanson," he said.
"But I thought, 'there are lots of Paul
Swansons out there. 'So I changed it."
Amazing!
- servercobra 6y agoAs someone with a name completely unique in the history of the world (so far as I have found), there are certain advantages! I wouldn't be surprised if people do this more often in the future. It is pretty nice that if you Google my name, you only get results about me.
- matt-attack 6y agoInteresting. I relish the fact that when you google my name you get pages and pages of a semi-famous figure that, honestly, most people haven't heard of. I cherish the anonymity.
- busyant 6y agoI have a teacher friend named Mike Pence. He tells me that it's impossible for students to snoop on him because he is "google-proofed."
- mdonahoe 6y agoNice! I too was intrigued by his unusual name, and went on a quest to see if he had it changed from the more common "Paul Swanson". It's a very interesting choice to just swap the letters like that instead of going for a completely different name. It would be funny if his name gets included in a crossword puzzle, and people second guess the spelling.
- wolfhumble 6y agoI don't know anything about him or his decision to change from Paul to Saul, but Paul/Saul is on of the most important Christian apostles. As both Jew and Roman citizen, his Jewish name was Saul (from the Jewish king Saul in the Old Testament maybe?) and his Roman name was Paul. So just changing the first letter might not be completely random. :-) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_the_Apostle#Names https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_the_Apostle#Names
- xorcist 6y agoThe question that directly pops up is why not Pwanson?