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estebanana -> RE: Why I am disturbed (Mar. 31 2011 23:00:15)
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Many people pronounce my name as Stefan, but ph can also be V sound in Stephen. I do not know why. I almost don't want to ask what a pilger is, and I hope I am not one.
I've heard Faulk is a German name, but it was given to my great grandfather in Sweden when he was in the Swedish army. There were to many Johnsons in his group and each Johnson was given a second last name to distinguish between Johnsons. His army name became Johnson-Faulk and this name made it onto his papers when he crossed the Atlantic to Ellis Island where he landed. The officials at Ellis Island gave him that name on his new US papers because he did not speakie the English and could not correct them. he told his kids they could change it back to plain Johnson, but in school they were already known as plain Faulk, the Johnson having been dropped in kindergarten.
I have heard this story is not uncommon. However I am still part German, but Russian Jews who came to Germany and then some ancient German that was from I don't know which part. All I know is that I relate more to Spain as a European old country than I do Sweden or Germany; I grew up in Southern California and it is littered with remnants of it's historic past as a Spanish colony. We grew up steeped in that history. However when I eat at a good German restaurant it makes me feel in touch with the ancient Nordic roots and I have to quell my desire to stand on my seat to sing Deutschland uber alles. Such are the depth of genes and foods.
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