Who's who in Kami's

Svashtar · Feb 12, 2004

And yet another obvious question, as I try to sort out all the details most of you know for granted:

The Old Master, The Royal Kami, and Bura. Are these all names for Bura, or three different Kami's?

Thanks again for filling me in!

Svashtar

Josh Feltman · Feb 12, 2004

Old Master=Royal Kami=Bura.
--Josh

Bill Sanders · Feb 12, 2004

Originally posted by Svashtar
And yet another obvious question, as I try to sort out all the details most of you know for granted:

The Old Master, The Royal Kami, and Bura. Are these all names for Bura, or three different Kami's?

Thanks again for filling me in!

Svashtar

They are all names for Bura.

Bill Martino · Feb 12, 2004

Thanks for help.

munk · Feb 12, 2004

Bura means old man. Bura has a real name. It's on the website. I always forget. Maybe his wife calls him Bura.

munk

Thomas Linton · Feb 12, 2004

Originally posted by munk
Bura means old man. Bura has a real name. It's on the website. I always forget. Maybe his wife calls him Bura.

munk

Lal Bahadur Bishwakarma

munk · Feb 13, 2004

Last name of the Kamis is the same. So Lal Bahadur.

munk

cliff355 · Feb 13, 2004

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Thomas Linton · Feb 13, 2004

Originally posted by cliff355
Alot of them seem to have the same middle name too. Must give the Nepal Dept. of Motor Vehicles fits.

One of the books I read that discussed Ghurka troops recounted Rifelmen being known by their name PLUS serial number. Must have been as bad as in Welch units (Jones, Jones, Jones).

munk · Feb 13, 2004

Thomas, dumb question; you mean Welch names are similar and many are the same, but is "Jones" Welch too?

munk

Thomas Linton · Feb 13, 2004

Originally posted by munk
Thomas, dumb question; you mean Welch names are similar and many are the same, but is "Jones" Welch too?

munk

Jones was and is a very common Welch last name. In largely Welch units of the Imperial Army, custom of calling the role by use of the last name had to be modified by calling the name "Jones" plus the muster number: "Jones 746917" Two privates named Jones whon the VC at the Battle of Rorke's Drift in 1879, and the custom of using "Jones" plus the muster number is reflected in the movie "Zulu."

munk · Feb 13, 2004

That's funny because I've always thought of Jones as an American name. As it has become.

Thanks,

munk

Semper Fi · Feb 13, 2004

I remember Tom Jones, the singer.

Thomas Linton · Feb 13, 2004

Originally posted by munk
That's funny because I've always thought of Jones as an American name. As it has become.

"Jones" is, far and away, the most common surname in Wales. The English form is "Johnson." Both come from a Latin root.