...What's your name?"

Today is my day of name! Yaaaay!
All the Jans out there, have fun today!

Do you know what Jan means? Apparently it's a Hebrew name and means "God is merciful." or "Sent by God" or "God's merciful gift".
That's right! I'm such a blessing to the world.

In Czech Republic people don't call Jans by that name too often, it's considered a bit archaic and formal. Most people would use another form of the name - Honza (yeah, related to German "Hans"). I dislike that though. Honza is the name of a very popular fairy tale character and while that's quite awesome, he's called Hloupý Honza - which translates as Dumb Honza. Yeah, not so flattering. Luckily for me, nobody calls me Honza. I've had a certain nickname since I've been little and foreigners call me Jan, because it's the easiest for them to pronounce.

If I could choose another name, I'd pick "Václav". It's old-slavic and means "more famous".

Do you know what your name means? If you do (and if you're willing to step out of internet anonymity that is ), let us know in the comments!

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I've been thinking of doing a contest-like thing. There are 492 people watching me. Do you think there'd be at least 20 participants?
You might be wondering - "What contest, what are you babbling about, you fool?!"
I'd set a simple task that everyone can do, collect some entries and then pick a few random winners. Then I'd draw something they ask for. Something quick and simple.

See? Pretty lightweight. Most probably awesome too.

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Do you know where that title quote is from? It's not a contest, but if you think you know, give it a shot in the comments! If your answer is correct, you may call yourself the Lord of Nerdistan for today! Dandy, hm?

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