[Zope] [OT] Congratulations, it's a boy!

[Martijn Pieters]

At 23:44 20/04/99 , Mike Pelletier wrote:
>    Appearently, Zope is male.  Not only that, but there must be other Zopes
>running around out there.  First person to find one wins a cigar!
>
>Mike.

Isn't the internet fun. Here some references on the name:

The name Zope seems to have orginated with the Inca's:
http://www.fairacre.demon.co.uk/Americas/South-Central/Inca.htm
And yes, it is a name for a boy. It mentiones the fact that many Inca names
live on as surnames.

The name Zope seems to be quite common in India. The Indian Express has an
article on a convention for disabled, and mentions one Yadav D. Zope:
http://www.expressindia.com/ie/daily/19981205/33950034.html

The University of Pune (India) has a research associate working in their
Department of Physics, named Rajendra R. Zope:
http://physics.unipune.ernet.in/~raj/

Several URL's mention a Chemistry researcher named U.R. Zope:
http://www.chem.unt.edu/faculty/research/apmres.htm and
http://wwitch.unl.edu/phd/pubs.html
http://www.sial.com/aldrich/acta/acta28_4/polyref.htm
http://www.chem.rice.edu/~arb/Bott_Pub.html
... etc.

The animal kingdom also uses the name Zope:

The King Buzzard (Sarcoramphus Papa, Central America) is locally also known
as 'Rey Zope': http://mercado.infosel.com/dumac/revista/ipag03.htm

A species of fresh water fish is also named Zope:
http://www.fishbase.org/database/ScientificName_Detail.cfm?ID=6374
In the US it is also known as the blue bream. Not a very remarkable fish,
if you ask me.

I have yet to find someone with Zope as a first name though.

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