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SpoilerOdd Bull

Lieutenant General Odd Bull (28 June 1907 – 8 September 1991) was a career officer in the Royal Norwegian Air Force who rose to the position of Chief of Air Staff. He is probably best known outside Norway for his role as Chief of Staff of the United Nations Truce Supervision Organization (UNTSO) between 1963 and 1970, a period which coincided with the Six-Day War between Israel and its Arab neighbours. He wrote a memoir of his experiences during this time, which was published as War and Peace in the Middle East: The Experiences and Views of a U.N. Observer.

Early life

Odd Bull was born on June 28, 1907. He traces his family origins back to 1700 when the family patriarch, a ship's captain named Jacob Bull, first settled in Norway. Odd is a common Norwegian given name, and Bull is an Anglo-Saxon surname.

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[-] Erika3sis@hexbear.net 6 points 11 months ago

This is barely related but I once joked that there should be a Norwegian gay comedy called Odd & Even, because those are both common masculine given names here

[-] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 5 points 11 months ago

both common

I didn't know Odd was common and I didn't even know Even was a Norwegian masculine name.

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I'll leave this here.

As I looked up etymologies at Wikipedia I was ready to complain but the site delivered.

Odd (name) - In Old Norse the word means sharp end of an arrow or edge of blade.

Even (given name) - It can be theorized that the name has its origin in the Proto-Norse roots (*auja-, *-winduR) held to mean 'gift' and 'winner', respectively.^[citation^ ^needed]^

But I still wish every page had a "etymology" section - even if it's empty.

[-] LeZero@hexbear.net 5 points 11 months ago

His Austin Powers version is Random Bovine

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