jaja wrote: > The combination "Ljung" and "-grön" is not a very likely one - But I think > you really have a point there; To spell the name "Gren" as "Green", with two > "ee"-s, is a very common habit in Sweden! So, even if they didn´t originally > spell their name "Ljunggreen", beginning doing so would probably be an easy > way to fit in . And even better of course, by removing the first part of the > name, they ended up with a name that was accepted and easy to pronounce both > in english and in swedish! Interesting! I tried several spelling variations and using the US telephone directory at: http://www.switchboard.com/ came up with 6 people with the surmame Lungreen. I guess we know how that name originated.<g> Bob > "Robert Heiling" <[email protected]> skrev i meddelandet > news:[email protected] > > jaja wrote: > > > > > Bob - actually, to make it even more clear for the questioner, "green" > or > > > better "gren" in swedish is not the same word as the english word for > the > > > colour "green"; it means "branch", on a tree for example. Of course > there > > > aren´t really "branches" on a heather, more likely "twigs"? Anyway, > names > > > with "ljung" in them are very common in sweden: > > > Ljungblad, -berg, -dal, -gren, -kvist, -löv, -man, -ström etc etc > > > > Yes and you're right of course. I spoke too quickly and should have looked > it > > up rather than relying on my memory. The Swedish word for green is grön > and > > not gren. Now I'm wondering if grön might have been there is the name > since > > they so quickly changed it to Green? > > > > Bob > > > > > "Robert Heiling" <[email protected]> skrev i meddelandet > > > news:[email protected] > > > > Hej Bo > > > > > > > > You're probably right about the name, but to make the Green part clear > > > > for the questioner, it should be mentioned that Ljung is heather and > > > > gren=Green which is where that would have come from. > > > > > > > > Bob > >