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- From: mwalker@taimyr.Colorado.EDU (Marilyn Walker)
- Subject: Re: Birth announcement
- Message-ID: <1992Nov18.174820.1873@colorado.edu>
- Sender: news@colorado.edu (The Daily Planet)
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- Organization: University of Colorado at Boulder
- References: <1992Nov16.220341.5685@colorado.edu> <1992Nov17.004557.11257@u.washington.edu>
- Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 17:48:20 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov17.004557.11257@u.washington.edu> lcheap@cac.washington.edu (Laurel Cheap ) writes:
- >In article <1992Nov16.220341.5685@colorado.edu> mwalker@taimyr.Colorado.EDU (Marilyn Walker) writes:
- >>Marilyn and Skip Walker are THRILLED to announce the birth of:
- >>
- >>Daniel Denali Walker
- >>10 November 1992
- >>7 lbs, 2.5 ozs
- >>9 and 9 apgars
- >>
- >>He was named after a close friend who also happened to be the OB who
- >>delivered him. Denali is an Athabascan word meaning "The Great One" and is
- >>also the name of the highest peak in North America (formerly known as Mt.
- >>Mckinley).
- >
- >Denali is also Daniel with the letters rearranged! I think that's
- >neat! Did you plan it that way?
- >
- >-Laurel
- >
- >
- Well - somehow the name just popped into mind - and then we realized that
- the letters were the same. After weeks of discussion, we realized that we
- finally had the "right" name. We are both experts on Alaskan ecology and
- mountaineers, so we were thrilled to think of something that had a bit of
- us in it.
-
- Marilyn
-
-