On Tue, 09 Jan 2001 15:15:37 -0800, Robert Heiling <rheil@qwest.net> muttered something to the effect of: >You may be off by only one letter. The Swedish given-name Olle (name day >in Sweden July 29th) would form the patronymic of Ollesson. It's easy to >see how an e could change to an o if poorly written or misunderstood. > >Bob > > thanks very much, much appreciated Marc exile