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RE: Bj�rk is not Japanese

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In Reply to: RE: Bj�rk is not Japanese posted by racerguy on January 19, 2009 at 17:28:50

But she is half Japanese, as her mother, IIRC< is from Japan.

Stu

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Not correct - racerguy 12:46:39 01/27/09 (2)
Both her father, Gu�mundur Gunnarsson, and her mother, Hildur R�na Hauksd�ttir, are Icelanders.
- I believe people are getting her confused with Robert Bork (NT) - tunenut 19:20:10 01/30/09 (0)
  NT
- I just read the Japanese Wikipedia entry for "Bj�rk" - Christine Tham 22:27:51 01/29/09 (0)
  It clearly states that she is a singer from Iceland. There is no mention of any Japanese connection, but in 2005 she performed in a concert with "Dreams Comes True" (one of my favourite Japanese bands).
  
  Incidentally, her name in Katakana is ビョーク・グズムンズドッティル (or, phonetically, "Byooku Guzumunzudottiru") :-)
  
  I seriously doubt any Japanese mother would call her daughter Bj�rk because it sounds too much like 病気 ("byouki") which means "illness".
  
  The Japanese government has prohibited a Japanese couple from calling their child "Akuma" (because one of the meanings of this word is "The Devil").

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