[thechat] What Men's Names Say About Them

[Martin Burns]

On Tue, 24 Sep 2002, John Handelaar wrote:

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> % [mailto:thechat-admin at lists.evolt.org]On Behalf Of Garrett Coakley
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> % My name is never in these things. Nor can I get a mug with my name on,
> % key rings, number plates, funny little toys.... all nada.
>
> That's cos you've got a second name where
> your first name should be.
>
> /me is reminded of the Billy Connolly set where
> names like this came up.  "Campbell, you must come
> over here and meet Harris: he's a friend of St John."

Also see Finlay, Farquhar (easy to mispronounce), Duncan, Bruce and
Cameron.

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