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Quailman · His Postmajesty

His son, Jamling Tenzing Norgay, also goes by Jamling Norgay.

[This message has been edited by Quailman (edited 03-03-2003 12:46 PM).]

Pi · Sir, I bear a rhyme ....

*Decides to eat sour grapes instead*

Cadmium · Heavy Metal

Wow, that was a tough one, Quailman

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Agamemnon · Daedalian Member

I think it depends on who or where the name is used by!

~news item half way down by the way~

jesternl · Yankee Doodle Dutchie

very nice one.....

Beartalon · 'Party line' kind of guy

And too late now, but Peggy Hill's voice is provided by Kathy Najimy.

Very nice puzzle.

Duphrates · Bambi Magnet

Originally posted by me:
DP - Not necessarily, there are numerous places it could be-New Zealand and err..err plenty of places....Nepal....

D'oh, so near and yet so far. Nice going Quail.

Quailman · His Postmajesty

Pi raised a question about the actual "last" name of this individual. Some of the websites seemed to give conflicting information, so I e-mailed a GL member, Nepali (guess where he lives), and I got this reply:

quote:
Hello,

I don't really know about an American phone directory, but in a Nepali phone directory, I think Tenzin(g) Norgay Sherpa would appear as Sherpa, Tenzing Norgay, because the official surname for these people in Nepal is Sherpa.

As to which of Tenzin(g) and Norgay is the family name, Tenzin is certainly a name given by the parents and it means "good supporter" or something like that, so Norgay must be a family name of sorts (It is actually quite confusing because it turns out that the names of two of his children are Jamling Tenzing Norgay and Norbu Tenzing.) Sherpas mostly name their children according to the day on which they are born, but apparently, neither Tenzin nor Norgay is one of the seven names that might be given in such a way.

Here are some links you might find helpful:

http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Studios/8338/history.htm
http://www.bena.com/sherpa1/sfa/sSherNam.htm

-Amrit.

Bob White wrote:

>Nepali:
>
>Long time no see! I have a question perhaps only you among the Grey
>Labyrinth members can answer. It's about the great Nepalese Sherpa, Tenzing
>Norgay. Is Tenzing his family name or is Norgay? Where would he be listed
>in an American phone book, under T or N? Sorry to bother you with this.
>
>-Quailman

Now I'm more confused. It appears we may all be wrong and his last name was Sherpa. ???