While researching the history of rainfall recording in the UK,
I turned up a long-time member of (and financial contributor
to) the British Rainfall Organisation in the 19th century from
mid-Wales called Pryse Pryse. How could his unoriginal
parents have known he would be created a baronet?

One of his extant descendents is Mr Pryse Pryse Pryse.

Philip Eden

On Wed, 10 Nov 2004 00:01:49 -0000, "Philip Eden"
philipATweatherHYPHENukDOTcom wrote:

While researching the history of rainfall recording in the UK,
I turned up a long-time member of (and financial contributor
to) the British Rainfall Organisation in the 19th century from
mid-Wales called Pryse Pryse. How could his unoriginal
parents have known he would be created a baronet?

One of his extant descendents is Mr Pryse Pryse Pryse.


Not forgetting his cousins, Rît Hael and Hols Hael

JPG


Philip Eden

"JPG" wrote Not forgetting his cousins, Rît Hael and Hols Hael

In a similar vein, at school I knew an Isabella Bell. And we did have
Peter Sweet and Peter Green who each dreaded roll-call at assembly
(surname, followed by intial).

The worst example of naive parents had to be a Mr Wayne King, who worked
for British Rail. I met him for a brief spell when I was working in
London in the 1990s. A very jolly soul he was too, being particularly
practiced at pre-empting others when he was introduced.

- Tom.

Tom Bennett wrote:
"JPG" wrote Not forgetting his cousins, Rît Hael and Hols Hael

In a similar vein, at school I knew an Isabella Bell. And we did have
Peter Sweet and Peter Green who each dreaded roll-call at assembly
(surname, followed by intial).

The worst example of naive parents had to be a Mr Wayne King, who worked
for British Rail. I met him for a brief spell when I was working in
London in the 1990s. A very jolly soul he was too, being particularly
practiced at pre-empting others when he was introduced.

- Tom.



Some names are self-inflicted. I heard that Michael Hunt, Anglia TV
forecaster 1962-85, changed his name by deed poll (from Peter?). Then
there was the Blankety-Blank contestant, with a forename of Hazel, who
had wed a man whose surname was Hazel.

Some parents pick a name they don't know how to pronounce. A girl my
mother knew used her middle name, Mary, because she didn't like her
first. Mother asked "what is it?" "Pen-elope." "Don't you mean
pen-el-o-pe?" "Ooh, that's quite nice!"


Graham