[thechat] What Men's Names Say About Them

Martin Burns martin at easyweb.co.uk
Tue Sep 24 06:06:00 CDT 2002


On Tue, 24 Sep 2002, Garrett Coakley wrote:
> On Tue, 24 Sep 2002 11:41:35 +0100 John Handelaar wrote:
> > That's cos you've got a second name where
> > your first name should be.
>
> <slap>
>
> Maybe my mum is 'name dyslexic' *:)
>
> Funnily enough, you've just reminded me that when I was wee, our family
> doctor was called Dr. Garrett. I was too young too remember anything
> specific, but I'm sure (given that I'm an adult now and I know how we
> think) it must have caused much hilarity.
>
> And of course there's Pat Garrett.

But to defend your maligned parents, there's also Garrett Fitzgerald, and
for the ventriloquists in the house, Elizabeth Garrett Browning

<ducks>

Cheers
Martin


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"Names, once they are in common use, quickly
 become mere sounds, their etymology being
 buried, like so many of the earth's marvels,
 beneath the dust of habit." - Salman Rushdie




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