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by willvarfar 5195 days ago
Fun tangent for the curious:

Odd is a not-unheard-of name in Norway http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odd_%28name%29

This can make introductions and hand-shaking with visiting English speakers amusing:

"Hello, I'm Odd"

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Even funnier, Even is another Norwegian name. Meeting two Norwegians, you can hear "Hello, I'm Odd" "And I'm Even!"
Even more funnier; there is 30 men in Norway with "Odd Even" as their first name (http://www.ssb.no/navn/)
Well .. I routinely have people questioning my name. Especially on internet forums.
That's Danish for the Norwegian/Swedish Truls?

I think your spelling looks even more like Troll than the Swedish variant :)

In Norway, they are named "troll". The original.
Yes - causes some confusion now and then. At least I'm not autoflagged by spam filters like the poor OP, so I guess I shouldn't complain.