Some time in his life, he'd obviously just got confused, but all important
documents were in his correct name.
My brother's father-in-law died a couple of years ago and he had been rather
'difficult' over the previous few years. On looking over some of the mounds
of paperwork they found in
This thread has been very interesting to read. Some years back I had
cause to go to the courthouse and get a certified copy of by birth
certificate. Paid my money and the lady comes back with the
document. That is when I discovered that my middle name was
Christian instead of
This morning I was lent a copy of Elizabeth David's book about
Mediterranean cookery after reading the foreword written by Clarissa
Dicksson-Wright, looked her up in Wikipedia. The web-page says that she was
given 11 names when she was born. Check it out:
David,
You may not be sure, but I am. Definitely female. Which would probably
explain why I hate Miss, Mrs and Ms, but I do see how things can get confusing
when I insist on Mr. Believe me, no one who sees me doubts my gender, which is
why so many people refuse to call me Mr. So, with me
For all of us who are married, were married, wish you were married,
wish you weren't married, or glad you never married, this is
something to smile about the next time you open a bottle of wine:
Sally was driving home from one of her business trips in the Northern
Territory when she saw an
I've just been buying rail tickets, on line, and came to the box for
titles, marked as mandatory, and found a marvellous selection, the
usual Mr,Mrs, Miss, Ms, Doctor, but also Sister, Vicar, Rev, Father,
Lord, Lady, Sir and even Dame! But no option for none! I did toy with
Sister ( well I do
It's always been given name in my dialect -- perhaps
because most of the churches around were anabaptist.
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When a baby is born it is 'given' a first, and maybe a second or more
names. That names or names may or may not subsequently be used in
Christian baptism, in which case they become Christian names. All
Christian names are given names but not all given names are Christian
names. To ask
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Brenda
Paternoster [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes
When a baby is born it is 'given' a first, and maybe a second or more
names. That names or names may or may not subsequently be used in
Christian baptism, in which case they become Christian names.
I haven't checked to
Every place I've lived, even when Christianity could mainly be
assumed, we just called it first name. We do understand given
name to mean first name - but logically if a person has a first and
one or more middle names, those are all given rather than
inherited. Never heard Christian name -
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