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Surnames - the third fine language mess

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  1. me262 phpbb3

    me262 phpbb3 New Member

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    :lol: :lol: :lol: :smok:
     
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    We had a teacher in High School- 6t 11 inches tall, and massive without being fat or having a single ounce of adipose tissue,. Mr. Lawrence Harms... The tired old joke was "Don't get in Harms way"....
     
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    We had a girl in school with us back in the thirties whose name was
    "Poppy Tupper".
     
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    Re: post subject

    a mate of mine had a teacher called andy person.

    so when the scholl made a video it said in the credits "this film was edited by A. Person"
     
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    When l was a senior at CCNY l dated girl a named Patricia Long--her father's name was Richard...and he always introduced himself as: " Long, Dick Long".....Howdy!' He got a tremendous amount of mileage out of that single joke... :D
     
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    I went to school with a Joe King...
     
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    What about the Simpsons's "C. Montgomery Burns"? :lol:
     
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    Ben Dover does not go around with his Scottish friend, Phil McRevice. :lol:
     
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    Isn't that Ben Doon and phil Mc avity, or the Irish, Bredan Fitzpatrick and Patrick Fitzbredan. :oops:
     
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    Interestingly, on the subject of surnames & meanings, a preffix of 'Fitz' means illegitimacy.
    So 'Fitzpatrick' would be the bastard son of Patrick.
     
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    Phil McAvity was a dentist. :lol:
    it was Phil McRevice who pursued the "alternative lifestyle" ;)
     
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    What about the village in the US called Myanus? And its French equivalent, Moncu...
     
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    Here in the UK we have a town called 'Six Mile Bottom'
     
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    :lol: :lol: English people !!! :D

    Regards, KBO :smok:
     
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    When it comes to place names, the Belgians are the worst; they have towns called Reet (ass), Kontich (butt-ich), Zottekapelle (Madman's Chapel)...
     
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    What is wrong with this world !!! :lol: :lol:

    :D
     
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    Talking of place names!!! Now for the Brownie points, where is it?
     
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    is it somewhere in wales
     
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    Is it just me, or does "Twatt" mean something bad in english ?? Not to mension the arrow is poiting at the Woman standing next to it :eek:


    :D :D
     
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    It's in the Orkney Isles. Kirkwall is the largest town on those Islands and home to St Magnus Cathedral (about the size of a lrage church anywhere else).

    And on the subject of placenames there's a small ville in Worcestershire called Wyre Piddle, it has brewery and one of their fine ales is called Piddle in the Hole :D
     
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