Sven Nijs or Nys?
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I always saw Sven's last name written as Nijs. In the last year or two, I have seen it written as Nys - even his website is now svennys.com. Did he change the spelling of his name? Any other reason for the change?
Thanks for satisfying my curiousity.
Thanks for satisfying my curiousity.
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I guess it could well have always been Nys in the native spelling, but I would always see the other spelling in the english press.
I guess we can throw this into the great mysteries of life bucket!
Cheers guys.
I guess we can throw this into the great mysteries of life bucket!
Cheers guys.
No shit ...
He is called Sven Nijs, his wife is Isabelle Nys
He is called Sven Nijs, his wife is Isabelle Nys
He ride a bike instead of a car I wanna be his friend
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It is "Sven Nys" on his frame:
It is possible he changed his name, though I don't see why he would do the effort of going through this procedure. In Dutch "Nys" and "Nijs" are actually pronounced the same (there is a Dutch cyclocross rider called Maarten Nijland for instance).
Is his wife really Isabelle Nys (or Nijs)? Great coincidence then! Or is she easily called after her husband (eg. just like Victoria Beckham)?
It is possible he changed his name, though I don't see why he would do the effort of going through this procedure. In Dutch "Nys" and "Nijs" are actually pronounced the same (there is a Dutch cyclocross rider called Maarten Nijland for instance).
Is his wife really Isabelle Nys (or Nijs)? Great coincidence then! Or is she easily called after her husband (eg. just like Victoria Beckham)?
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His name is : Sven Nys
His wife: Isabelle Nijs
It's a coincidence, but they would be family when you very deep. Somewhere between now and 100 year ago the names were written differently (God knows why). It's typical for our language (Flemish or rather Dutch).
You have: Jansen, Janssen, Jansens, Janssens, ... All prenounced (almost) the same...
His wife: Isabelle Nijs
It's a coincidence, but they would be family when you very deep. Somewhere between now and 100 year ago the names were written differently (God knows why). It's typical for our language (Flemish or rather Dutch).
You have: Jansen, Janssen, Jansens, Janssens, ... All prenounced (almost) the same...
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