Re: Alanic horseman

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Rick McCallister <gabaroo6958@...> wrote:

> The form no, the meaning is definitely humorous --Mack
> daddy, Pimp daddy, Puff Daddy, etc.

> --- Cristian Mocanu <cristixav@...> wrote:

> > "Attila" as "little father" at least in Gothic,
> > seems to me to pose no
> > problems:

I don't see why it should be humorous. The Russian tsar was known as
the 'little father (of the people)'.

Richard.