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xamot+tomax... anyone know the origins of the code names??
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05-04-2009, 09:51 PM
zuludelta
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I don't think so - the pronounciation of Tomasz is more like Tomash not Tomax. Sz in polish is moreless like sh in English. ;) I don't know hungarian, but I think it's the same.
Well, I'll take your word for it since you're from Poland and all (and thanks for the correction... like I said, I don't speak either language so I could be wrong -- and it turns out I was -- and was only going from a couple of examples I came across back in the day).
I know for sure that it's a variant spelling for "Thomas" or "Tomas," though. A quick search on WhitePages brings up quite a few hits all across the United States (with the most number of Tomaxes coming from New York state). I'm trying to think of other languages that pronounce the word-initial or word-final "x" as an "s," but I'm drawing a blank.
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: Well, after digging some more, I'm beginning to think the name "Tomax" may have either Hispanic or Czech origins. In the United States, there are 19 unique phone listings for people with "Tomax" as a last name, with the most common associated first names being Abelina (2 people), Humberto (2 people), Akeenah (1 person), Adelina (1 person) and Claudio (1 person). Abelina, Adelina, Humberto, and Claudio are obviously of Hispanic/Iberian/Mediterranean origin, while Akeenah is of Native-American origin. On the other hand, there are two White Pages listing in the United States for Tomax as a first name, "Tomax Bubenik" in Oregon, and a "Tomax Bubenik" in New York state. They could be the same person for all I know. Bubenik, though, is a Czech last name (now that I think of it, that may be where my confusion with the whole Polish/Hungarian thing comes from... Slavic languages were never my strong suit).
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