Re: FN-FORUM: [ OT ] name changes

date posted 25th March 2003 19:16

Actually I knew a Ronald McDonald. He was the scoutmaster in the place I
came from.
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> I've run across a Donald MacDonald though never a Ronald MacDonald... &
> worked with a Vicky Plumb in Uxbridge, although she since moved to San
> Jose... & I've known a couple of Graham Hills, for all you F1 fans... had
a
> neighbour once called Poodle... my nephew has a friend called Luke Hunt
and
> makes jokes about his father being called Mike, which isn't true...
wracking
> my brains now... my school chaplain was called Bogle, which raised all
sorts
> of comparisons with "bogie", which was unfortunate given that his wife was
> called Annette... And a girl I know called Dawn married a man called Alan
> French... had a client where three of the staff were called Mark, Luke and
> John - just short of a Matthew, although there was also a Simon and a
> Brian...
>
> The name of it now escapes me, but many, many years ago Bill Connelly did
a
> song called something like "The Ballad of Genghis McKahn", which was a
> tribute to people with silly names everywhere.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Pete Croft [EMAIL REMOVED]
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> > I heard that urban myth as a child in Australia - it sure travels,
> > unless you really do believe your aunt on this one. Apparently my
> > cousin went to school with an Ophelia Dick (or so believed my
> > impressionable 10 year old mind at the time).
>
> Heh, around here the allegation was Mrs Nora Dick, who named her daughter
> Shona.
>
> One that I /know/ is true is Mr and Mrs Pipe, who called their son Dwayne
> ...
>
> Pete
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> Peter Croft
> PC Associates
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