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From: "Al Askevold" <>
Subject: Re: Knut Rockne
Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2002 11:06:52 -0600
References: <3C5A2CA1@epostleser.online.no> <000b01c1ab19$07d95420$7901d450@default>


> > >===== Original Message From "Arve Somdahl" <> =====
>
> Hei, Ingrid -
> I write in English, as the subject belongs to the List. First for Al's
information :
> It seems that the Voss dialect kept to the kn- pronunciation, while some areas
further
> west dropped it, e.g Nattland ( from Knattland) I have no exact survey of
where this
> dialect particularity is found ( was found), execpt for Telemark. As to the
farm name
> Rokne, it comes from Old Norse, meaning a heap or pile, or perhaps a rounded
rock
> that looks like a heap. That Rockne gives the idea of "rock" - I think was
quite adequate
> for this Rock of a football legend.
> Arve

Thanks for the information. I have seen "The Rock" used in many articles about
Knute Rockne. I wonder if those that used this knew of the Norwegian meaning of
the Rokne name?

Al Askevold

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