Nahaj

Every so often someone notices that the underlying username in my pages is "nahaj". This always brings up the question "What does Nahaj mean?". Only those I went to high school with really know the answer, but I've seen some interesting guesses.

• It is Polish for "Whip". [It is, but I didn't know that in High School.]
• It is "John" backwards. [Actually it is "Jahan" backwards.]
• It is "Johan" backwards. [Given that I was born in Germany.]
• It is Arabic for "Not a pilgrim". ["Na-Haj" is really strained as being Arabic.]
• It is an Americanization of Ναχάτς (Nahats) from the famous Greek phrase: "Ό Ναχάτς ηταν εδ&omega!";
• It is a transcription of a word in one of the "children's languages" such as pig Latin. [Clearly not pig Latin... What other ones would work?]

In full it used to be Nahaj G. Burynag, if that helps any.

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