Double-Barrel names.

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Double-Barrel names.

#11 Post by MAD87 »

curtis wrote: ↑Thu Jan 25, 2024 5:13 pm Manuel called the builder Mr O'Reilly Orilly.
Here it's a kind of o-luhrrriarrry. I had a particular West Indian client in London (a madam with a sideline in GBH) who called me Miss Orairy.

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Double-Barrel names.

#12 Post by Niftyons »

Trouble getting your tongue round that one.

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Double-Barrel names.

#13 Post by tagh »

I always thought that the first part was the mother’s name and the second part that of the putative father which might be dropped or changed if and as evidence was forthcoming either way. In the case of more than one child, the mother’s name might well be the only constant!🤪

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