User blog comment:SouthWriter/Promotion to "Brass"/@comment-1777104-20110609164516

I'm just surprised that I didn't figure out that "Södra" meant 'South' without searching for the definition. I am pretty good at seeing cognates in European languages (I've studied Latin and Greek, and English is a 'Germanic' language), but no cognates of "Fromma" come to mind.

I guess I gave you too much credit on the Presbyterian angle, huh? I'm just an 'old pious southerner.' Well, fyi, 'Presbyter' is the Greek word for 'elder' or 'older man.'  I wouldn't have my world view apart from my religious upbringing - most of which was Presbyterian.