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Re: Flig Balt, Vin Mod

From: Jan Gunnar Fredriksen <jangunnarfredriksen~at~yahoo.no>
Date: Tue, 8 Jun 2004 14:00:46 +0200 (CEST)
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[Art]
>Knowing Verne's penchant for anagrams,
>cryptograms, secret codes, and word
>puzzles of every kind, I have been trying
>to figure out if the names of the two
>villains in LES FRÈRES KIP (THE KIP BROTHERS),
>Flig Balt and Vin Mod, may perhaps contain
>a hidden meaning. They certainly do not
>sound like normal English names. Any suggestions?


These names sound Danish (or perhaps Dutch)
to me. The name Vin Mod, if you change
it to Vind Mod, you have two danish words
meaning gain (or win) courage.

As to the other name, Flig means polite.
I don't know the word Balt but it could
perhaps mean fellow, young man or something.

I believe that Verne visited Denmark so
he might have picked up some words there
that he liked.

Greetings from Norway
   Jan Gunnar

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