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08 Jan 19 - 09:31 PM (#3970679) Subject: BS: First name only From: PHJim There are folks who can get away with a nickname or just a first name: Cher, Elvis. . . Most cannot. Spike Lee once tried to sue "Spike TV", saying that folks would identify it with him. Spike Milligan or Spike Jones or that little dog with the circle around his eye come to mind when I hear Spike. When I hear JT, I think of James Taylor, but some folks think Justin Timberlake. I read a post about Amos being ill and wondered is that Amos Garrett? He's no spring chicken and I hope it's not too serious. |
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08 Jan 19 - 10:12 PM (#3970684) Subject: RE: BS: First name only From: Stilly River Sage Cantinflas Jeanmarie and one could argue Bing (kind of an unusual name) The only ones I can think of. |
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09 Jan 19 - 12:10 AM (#3970688) Subject: RE: BS: First name only From: Bee-dubya-ell To pull off the first-name-only thing, one almost needs to be fortunate enough to have been born with a fairly uncommon name (Elvis, Madonna, Prince). Otherwise, one has to invent a name to play the game (Flea, Sting, Slash). |
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09 Jan 19 - 12:23 AM (#3970689) Subject: RE: BS: First name only From: punkfolkrocker Donovan... |
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09 Jan 19 - 12:24 AM (#3970690) Subject: RE: BS: First name only From: punkfolkrocker Tarzan... |
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09 Jan 19 - 12:33 AM (#3970692) Subject: RE: BS: First name only From: Stilly River Sage Ringo |
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09 Jan 19 - 12:41 AM (#3970693) Subject: RE: BS: First name only From: EBarnacle A lot more people identify me by my first name than my last, especially after I explain that my father was Mr. Russell. I still find some people insist on formality, though. |
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09 Jan 19 - 02:45 AM (#3970698) Subject: RE: BS: First name only From: Senoufou Adolf...? |
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09 Jan 19 - 02:59 AM (#3970699) Subject: RE: BS: First name only From: Joe Offer Well, here in California, everybody but us exiled Midwesterners goes by first name only. I think they're all in a Witness Protection Program. -Joe Offer- |
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09 Jan 19 - 06:52 AM (#3970723) Subject: RE: BS: First name only From: Donuel lol |
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09 Jan 19 - 07:23 AM (#3970729) Subject: RE: BS: First name only From: Charmion Only my friends pronounce my name correctly. Everybody else gets told to call me Mrs Thomas or Madame. Or even Hey, Lady. |
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09 Jan 19 - 07:32 AM (#3970731) Subject: RE: BS: First name only From: Ed T I have also noticed that some couples are mentioned with female first male second, while others are in the reverse. Possibly, the order is determined by what sounds better. Or, in other cases which is the Alpha partner? I have friends with two boys. When they refer to them, they always say "Sam and Charlie". It always sounds like Salmon Charlie to me |
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09 Jan 19 - 08:02 AM (#3970739) Subject: RE: BS: First name only From: Senoufou My husband gets called all sorts of weird things in attempts to pronounce his first name (It's Ibrahima). His Christmas cards from the staff at the school where he's a cleaner were hilarious. He's had Ibby, Abby, Abrahama, Abe, Ibe, even Obama!! My nickname was given to me by my Irish mother, and also by my school friends, as it was the name of my favourite pony at the riding school! |
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09 Jan 19 - 11:29 AM (#3970776) Subject: RE: BS: First name only From: Rapparee My first name, which I use for all my gigs, is 'Owaikaho'akua. Most people call me "Ow!". |
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09 Jan 19 - 11:37 AM (#3970778) Subject: RE: BS: First name only From: frogprince Odetta (sp?) Beonce Cher |
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09 Jan 19 - 11:44 AM (#3970781) Subject: RE: BS: First name only From: Stilly River Sage Beyoncé |
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09 Jan 19 - 11:57 AM (#3970787) Subject: RE: BS: First name only From: punkfolkrocker Arnie... Any other famous Arnolds can fight it out between themselves for second place... |
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09 Jan 19 - 12:24 PM (#3970792) Subject: RE: BS: First name only From: punkfolkrocker Twinkle... Well.. she's one on my favourites... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlUw5nlAXIo |
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09 Jan 19 - 12:56 PM (#3970797) Subject: RE: BS: First name only From: Steve Shaw Pelé. Jairzinho. Allison. Chicharito. Ronaldo (the Brazilian one). Ronaldinho. Socrates. Romario. Hulk. Fred. Garrincha. Odd man out, anybody? :-) |
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09 Jan 19 - 01:05 PM (#3970798) Subject: RE: BS: First name only From: Steve Shaw Not Adolf. Adolf was the first name of Adolf Busch, a German musician, founder of the legendary Busch Quartet, a man who vehemently opposed the Nazis and who left Germany in protest just before the war, never to reside there again. I revere their recordings of Beethoven's late quartets above all else, so when I hear the name Adolf I think of him first and foremost. |
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09 Jan 19 - 03:27 PM (#3970828) Subject: RE: BS: First name only From: Jos Of Steve Shaw's list, I believe one of them is/was a footballer and another is either a football player or a team manager. Other than those two, the only one I have heard of is Socrates. Most people are known to the people around them by their first name. |
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09 Jan 19 - 03:30 PM (#3970829) Subject: RE: BS: First name only From: Steve Shaw Nope. They are or were all footballers! |
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09 Jan 19 - 03:42 PM (#3970831) Subject: RE: BS: First name only From: Jos I think maybe that proves my point (but I could be wrong, so let's not go on and on and on about it ... ) |
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09 Jan 19 - 05:33 PM (#3970842) Subject: RE: BS: First name only From: Joe_F When I was little I heard in the news that Bankhead thought she owned "Tallulah". |
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09 Jan 19 - 06:50 PM (#3970845) Subject: RE: BS: First name only From: Mrrzy Twiggy! Oh, wait, *Dame* Twiggy! |
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09 Jan 19 - 06:54 PM (#3970846) Subject: RE: BS: First name only From: Bee-dubya-ell The residents of Tallulah Falls, Georgia would've probably contested Ms Bankhead's claim of ownership since the town has established well before her birth. But her friend, Mrs. Fitzgerald, pretty much owned "Zelda". |
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09 Jan 19 - 07:41 PM (#3970859) Subject: RE: BS: First name only From: Ed T I suspect individuals with less common first names are easier to identify than names like Dave or Steve? Some celebrities use(d) different first names to help single them out, like Babe Ruth (George Herman Ruth Jr.). Would we have easily remembered him only as George? |
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09 Jan 19 - 08:04 PM (#3970861) Subject: RE: BS: First name only From: pdq Charo. Homer and Jethro? |
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09 Jan 19 - 09:12 PM (#3970866) Subject: RE: BS: First name only From: meself Does Sir Paul qualify? |
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09 Jan 19 - 09:22 PM (#3970869) Subject: RE: BS: First name only From: Stilly River Sage I recognized only two of the names in Steve's list - they're not all universally recognized by non-sports fans. |
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09 Jan 19 - 09:49 PM (#3970872) Subject: RE: BS: First name only From: Rapparee The residents of Tallula, Illinois would also contest a monopoly on the name. (Of course, the town's only claim to fame is that the road to Cleary's Grove is there.) |
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09 Jan 19 - 10:47 PM (#3970877) Subject: RE: BS: First name only From: punkfolkrocker Banksy... [probably our most famous artist from the South West of England and no one apart from his cronies know who the slippery elusive bugger is...!!!] |
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10 Jan 19 - 03:53 AM (#3970894) Subject: RE: BS: First name only From: Acorn4 Vin, Flossie, Les. |
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10 Jan 19 - 04:01 AM (#3970896) Subject: RE: BS: First name only From: Steve Shaw They're all Brazilian footballers except for Chicharito, who's a Mexixcan footballer. Sheesh. Gazza. Jezza. Jazza (Archers). Macca. Dubya. |
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10 Jan 19 - 04:13 AM (#3970900) Subject: RE: BS: First name only From: Senoufou Isn't Jeremy Kyle known as 'Jez'? I've had more than one pupil pronounce Socrates as 'So-Crates'. (And one child in a Geography lesson who was very interested to find the Amazin' River on a map) |
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10 Jan 19 - 04:32 AM (#3970905) Subject: RE: BS: First name only From: Jos I'd never heard of Babe Ruth either - and I haven't bothered googling it, so I'm still none the wiser. But I expect a lot of people on here have heard of Micca ... |
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10 Jan 19 - 04:44 AM (#3970914) Subject: RE: BS: First name only From: Mr Red no one apart from his cronies know who the slippery elusive bugger is...!!!] or who THEY are! They are an cooperative/studio anyway these days. Maybe it is/was two people/item from the start. With all that financial acumen - it has to be more than one person. IMNSHO |
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11 Jan 19 - 03:33 AM (#3971009) Subject: RE: BS: First name only From: Ebbie At music the other evening the wife of one of the musicians made a rare appearance; they are Paul and June. Another of the musicians confessed that for a long time he thought that Paul's name was 'Paul Anjune'. |
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11 Jan 19 - 07:39 AM (#3971048) Subject: RE: BS: First name only From: Steve Shaw The reverse, I suppose, of the situation pertaining to the great Hungarian footballer Flórián Albert. From a certain angle it sounds like a cosy, middle-aged couple in Coronation Street. |
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11 Jan 19 - 09:17 AM (#3971069) Subject: RE: BS: First name only From: Mo the caller So who comes to mind if you say Dylan? (for the 3 that I think of only 1 is a Christian name) |
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11 Jan 19 - 09:29 AM (#3971072) Subject: RE: BS: First name only From: punkfolkrocker Liberace... |
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11 Jan 19 - 09:34 AM (#3971074) Subject: RE: BS: First name only From: Steve Shaw Edge (the) |
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11 Jan 19 - 09:34 AM (#3971075) Subject: RE: BS: First name only From: Steve Shaw Baldrick |
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11 Jan 19 - 09:59 AM (#3971079) Subject: RE: BS: First name only From: punkfolkrocker God... ...well.. seeing as we're also listing fictional characters... |
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11 Jan 19 - 11:06 AM (#3971096) Subject: RE: BS: First name only From: Senoufou Prince, Rihanna, Lulu, Cher, Sting, Bono. |
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11 Jan 19 - 11:25 AM (#3971102) Subject: RE: BS: First name only From: Nigel Parsons From: Senoufou - PM Date: 10 Jan 19 - 04:13 AM Isn't Jeremy Kyle known as 'Jez'? I've had more than one pupil pronounce Socrates as 'So-Crates'. That pronunciation is used in the film "Bill and Ted's excellent adventure" which might be where they get it from. It also featured "that short dead dude" (Napoleon) and "Miss Of-Arc" (Joan) |
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11 Jan 19 - 01:11 PM (#3971118) Subject: RE: BS: First name only From: Jos "who comes to mind if you say Dylan?" For me, Bob Dylan, Dylan Thomas, Dylan the rabbit in 'The Magic Roundabout' - no others, so two first names. |
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11 Jan 19 - 01:29 PM (#3971119) Subject: RE: BS: First name only From: Senoufou I think Nigel that Bill and Ted's film was late eighties, whereas my pupils were creating those howlers in the mid-seventies. I always liked Dylan the rabbit. He was a sort of half-stoned, guitar-playing hippy. |
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11 Jan 19 - 01:38 PM (#3971121) Subject: RE: BS: First name only From: Steve Shaw "Miss Of-Arc." I love it! I always thought that Bono's first name was "Twat." I remember when Jonathan Ross was interviewing The Edge, and asked him "Is it OK if I just call you The?" |
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11 Jan 19 - 04:13 PM (#3971156) Subject: RE: BS: First name only From: Jos So Mo the Caller must have thought of a Dylan (last name) that still eludes me. |
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12 Jan 19 - 06:26 AM (#3971220) Subject: RE: BS: First name only From: Mo the caller Jos, I said Christian name not first name. Does it count as Christian if it's a rabbit. Or first for that matter, if there only ever was 1 |
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12 Jan 19 - 03:37 PM (#3971222) Subject: RE: BS: First name only From: Jos Ah, I see your point about the rabbit's 'Christian' name. But isn't having only one name what this thread is about? Did Tarzan have another name? The original post refers to 'folks who can get away with a nickname or just a first name'. |
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12 Jan 19 - 06:51 PM (#3971245) Subject: RE: BS: First name only From: Steve Shaw "Does it count as Christian if it's a rabbit" It might do. I understand from a local priest that the patron saint of mosquitoes is St Bugs. |
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12 Jan 19 - 11:08 PM (#3971263) Subject: RE: BS: First name only From: punkfolkrocker Biggles... |
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13 Jan 19 - 07:43 PM (#3971350) Subject: RE: BS: First name only From: Ed T Che |
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13 Jan 19 - 07:45 PM (#3971352) Subject: RE: BS: First name only From: Ed T Beyoncé |
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13 Jan 19 - 07:52 PM (#3971354) Subject: RE: BS: First name only From: Ed T https://m.ranker.com/list/most-iconic-celebrity-first-names/carlybobarly |
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13 Jan 19 - 07:59 PM (#3971355) Subject: RE: BS: First name only From: Steve Shaw Luke. Christy. Shane. Woody. No need for second names for those in my house. |
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13 Jan 19 - 10:08 PM (#3971371) Subject: RE: BS: First name only From: punkfolkrocker Surprising we got so far without "Clint"... |
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14 Jan 19 - 04:08 AM (#3971387) Subject: RE: BS: First name only From: Mr Red Che er close but no cigar. And wasn't his first name Ernesto? call me a pedant (as a first name) |
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14 Jan 19 - 04:09 AM (#3971388) Subject: RE: BS: First name only From: Rusty Dobro Max......Joe..... |
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14 Jan 19 - 03:40 PM (#3971478) Subject: RE: BS: First name only From: Stilly River Sage Under the "one name only needed" idea, you can extend it. Einstein. Tesla. Hawking. |
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15 Jan 19 - 12:07 AM (#3971527) Subject: RE: BS: First name only From: Mrrzy Not only one *needed* but only one, like Madonna or Cher. There are tons who can go by their last name alone, like Hitler, but we still *know* the first name. And not all first names are Xn names. |
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15 Jan 19 - 03:31 AM (#3971537) Subject: RE: BS: First name only From: McGrath of Harlow Boris And Vlad. But Donald is primarily a duck. |
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16 Jan 19 - 04:31 AM (#3971675) Subject: RE: BS: First name only From: Doug Chadwick Vlad the Impaler comes to mind before Putin, for me. DC |
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16 Jan 19 - 04:48 AM (#3971676) Subject: RE: BS: First name only From: Senoufou I always associate 'Vladimir' with Ashkenazy. His playing of Beethoven's 5th Piano Concerto (the 'Emperor') is sublime. I've listened to it so often I know every note! |
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16 Jan 19 - 04:55 AM (#3971678) Subject: RE: BS: First name only From: Mr Red Herrod Goliath Methusala Noah Job Adam Eve come to think of it there are 12 more you could point to........... Well 11 - that Iscariot fellow ! |
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16 Jan 19 - 05:43 AM (#3971689) Subject: RE: BS: First name only From: Steve Shaw Speaking of classical pianists, there's Solomon. |
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16 Jan 19 - 06:15 AM (#3971694) Subject: RE: BS: First name only From: Senoufou I've had children ask me what was Noah's surname. And one enterprising lad offered Sark. Noah Sark, geddit? :) |
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16 Jan 19 - 02:29 PM (#3971776) Subject: RE: BS: First name only From: MickyMan Rudolph ( Do reindeer count? LOL! ) |
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16 Jan 19 - 02:59 PM (#3971784) Subject: RE: BS: First namso also loosely associated e only From: Jos Reindeer Rudolph is associated with a Christian festival, so does that make it a 'Christian' name? And regarding the question, earlier about whether Dylan the rabbit's name was a Christian name, aren't rabbits related to Easter bunnies - and so also (loosely) associated with a Christian festival? |
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16 Jan 19 - 03:22 PM (#3971789) Subject: RE: BS: First name only From: Mrrzy I always wondered why Peter had a last name but not Flopsy, Mopsy or Cottontail. |
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17 Jan 19 - 10:05 AM (#3971852) Subject: RE: BS: First name only From: Steve Shaw Ahem. I'll try the right thread this time: Rudolph can't have been Christian. He was a communist, Rudolph the Red. Tsk. |
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17 Jan 19 - 10:30 AM (#3971858) Subject: RE: BS: First name only From: punkfolkrocker I've been sat on the bog* listening to maritime folk songs... Nelson... [* yes.. I did provide my own evocative sound effects of the wind and splashing sea...] |
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17 Jan 19 - 01:04 PM (#3971873) Subject: RE: BS: First name only From: fat B****rd Rembrandt |
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18 Jan 19 - 04:02 AM (#3971966) Subject: RE: BS: First name only From: Mr Red In my local churchyard there is a headstone of a guy who was born about the time of Nelson's death. His name was "Horatio Nelson Powell" Alas poor Nelson - I knew him Horatio. And it was said his last words were actually: "Kiss me - HARDER!" I'll get me sou'wester.... |
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18 Jan 19 - 04:38 AM (#3971972) Subject: RE: BS: First name only From: punkfolkrocker In the Royal Navy of that era... we can be certain it wasn't "kiss my hard-on"...???? |
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19 Jan 19 - 07:14 AM (#3972172) Subject: RE: BS: First name only From: Mo the caller Mr Red - you can add another 2 (of 4) to your 12. |
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19 Jan 19 - 03:32 PM (#3972248) Subject: RE: BS: First name only From: Severn I still use my last name, though I could probably ditch it if I ever got famous, but Severn Savage it stays. I kinda like it. |
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19 Jan 19 - 04:45 PM (#3972260) Subject: RE: BS: First name only From: Mo the caller Mr Red's 12 again - how many are actually well known (and do some of them actually have the same first name so need a second name or father or brothers name to distinguish them, or are known by a double first name, or even different first names in different accounts)? Go on, how many without looking them up? I used to be able to name 12 but only by thinking hard. Now in my atheist day I'm sure of 7 - ah yes 3 of the ones I was doubtful about were right (and the other was a replacement for Mr R's 11). And there were 2 with the same first name. |
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19 Jan 19 - 08:00 PM (#3972293) Subject: RE: BS: First name only From: Ed T Dweezil |
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19 Jan 19 - 11:14 PM (#3972300) Subject: RE: BS: First name only From: punkfolkrocker Popeye... Sooty... ..and all their one named pals... |
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20 Jan 19 - 02:02 AM (#3972302) Subject: RE: BS: First name only From: Jon Freeman Another footballer, Eusebio |
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20 Jan 19 - 02:05 AM (#3972303) Subject: RE: BS: First name only From: SamStone Gord |
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20 Jan 19 - 09:49 AM (#3972379) Subject: RE: BS: First name only From: Bill D My father had a name that 'almost' no one else had, but it was a lot of trouble to make it clear to strangers. He was AUDLEY... but if he ordered something over the phone, mail and parcels would arrived addresses to Audrey, Aubrey... and even Oddley. He gave up and mostly used his initials.. A.W. |
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20 Jan 19 - 09:55 AM (#3972382) Subject: RE: BS: First name only From: Steve Shaw Adam. Eve. |
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20 Jan 19 - 07:55 PM (#3972502) Subject: RE: BS: First name only From: Ed T RuPaul |
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21 Jan 19 - 01:44 PM (#3972665) Subject: RE: BS: First name only From: punkfolkrocker Here's one for old Daily Mirror readers... Garth... |
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21 Jan 19 - 08:40 PM (#3972735) Subject: RE: BS: First name only From: JMB I think that the actor Emilio Estevez could be known by his first name alone. |
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21 Jan 19 - 08:51 PM (#3972736) Subject: RE: BS: First name only From: Steve Shaw Samson. Delilah. Beelzebub. Morrissey. Titian. Canaletto. Tintoretto. Shylock. Satan. Figaro. Bob (the builder). Pat (postman). |
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22 Jan 19 - 12:35 AM (#3972756) Subject: RE: BS: First name only From: punkfolkrocker Zebedee... Florence... Dougal... |
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22 Jan 19 - 04:49 AM (#3972778) Subject: RE: BS: First name only From: Steve Shaw Three more: God. |
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22 Jan 19 - 06:09 AM (#3972793) Subject: RE: BS: First name only From: punkfolkrocker Pugh,Pugh,Barney McGrew,Cuthbert,Dibble and Grubb... Though one, or both, of the Pughs and Barney McGrew must be disqualified as far as the already overstretched remit of this thread goes... |
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22 Jan 19 - 06:40 AM (#3972804) Subject: RE: BS: First name only From: punkfolkrocker Bagpuss... call this a folk site, call yourselves folkies... How can you keep this thread running for so many days without a mention for Britains only pink striped cat that inspired a respected collection of folkiesongs... |
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22 Jan 19 - 07:45 AM (#3972822) Subject: RE: BS: First name only From: Steve Shaw Topcat. Well you just mentioned Officer Dibble... Boo-boo. Well, unless Boo was his first name and Boo was his surname. Like Jerome K Jerome. Boo K Boo? |
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22 Jan 19 - 08:50 AM (#3972833) Subject: RE: BS: First name only From: Jos Speaking of Jerome K. Jerome, I don't remember any other names being given in his books for George, Harris or Montmorency (the dog), though I could be wrong. And what about Enid Blyton's characters, Julian, Dick, George, Anne, Timmy (the dog); and then there's Noddy (but presumably we can't count Big Ears ...). |
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22 Jan 19 - 08:58 AM (#3972836) Subject: RE: BS: First name only From: Jon Freeman Eureka cries Archemedes as he counts the number of gods, people and others (eg. medusa?) that would only be known by one name in his own culture and other cultures. |
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22 Jan 19 - 09:06 AM (#3972839) Subject: RE: BS: First name only From: Jos Don't most of the Classical Gods and Goddesses have two names, one Greek and one Latin? |
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22 Jan 19 - 09:15 AM (#3972841) Subject: RE: BS: First name only From: Jon Freeman Cuspidore (a cheat - Chambers App got it, not me, and apparently a spittoon) to you Jos. |
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22 Jan 19 - 09:21 AM (#3972845) Subject: RE: BS: First name only From: punkfolkrocker At grammar school we were only referred to by our surnames.. I've got a fairly common old English surname, but at the time I was the only one in our year, and maybe the entire school... My mrs hasn't got a middle name.. [is that a Welsh culture thing...????] Can imagine how far parents would get these days just putting one name, even only the surname, on a birth certificate... |
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22 Jan 19 - 09:22 AM (#3972846) Subject: RE: BS: First name only From: Senoufou In the Famous Five, George has the surname of Kirrin. And the others' is Barnard (mentioned in 'Five Get Into A Fix') I confess to owning the whole blooming series and reading it often. It's quite comforting, reminds me of an age long past! |
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22 Jan 19 - 09:37 AM (#3972852) Subject: RE: BS: First name only From: Jos In that case, Eliza, I stand corrected. When I was a child I only had 'Five Fall Into Adventure' - I loved it and read it over and over again. I asked my mother if I could have more Famous Five books for birthdays or Christmas (we didn't live anywhere near a book shop for me to buy one myself). She gave me a very tame, soppy Enid Blyton book about children who went on nature walks. She said she had looked at the Famous Five books but thought they were too boyish! Much as I loved her, she did spend years trying to turn me into the kind of person I never was and was never going to be. |
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22 Jan 19 - 09:38 AM (#3972853) Subject: RE: BS: First name only From: Steve Shaw When I worked in a school in the East End in the glory days of ILEA and Red Ken, we got a new headmaster who'd clearly been used to his rather formal posh Edinburgh school's ways. He decided to call us all by surnames only. One day he was hailing my mate Terry Hunter from behind in the corridor: "A word with you please, Hunter!" Tel stopped momentarily in his tracks but didn't turn round, then proceeded purposefully on his way. "Er, Mr Hunter...!" did the trick for the head. That cured him of that little habit! |
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22 Jan 19 - 09:38 AM (#3972854) Subject: RE: BS: First name only From: punkfolkrocker My mum was a devoted collector of William books when she was a kid... Was his first name Just, and William only his middle name...???????? |
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22 Jan 19 - 09:48 AM (#3972857) Subject: RE: BS: First name only From: Jon Freeman Pfr: "My mrs hasn't got a middle name.. [is that a Welsh culture thing...????]" Life gets complicasted pfr. I’m English and neither me or my 3 brothers have middle names. Neither parent has one either but I do know mum’s mum had the forenames Daisy Nellie Freshwater... I lived some of my childhood (and a longer later spell) in N Wales and I am not aware of any of the few (all Welsh first language) in the village we'd mplay with having middle names except for one who’s middle name was more likely part of a surname (other part being Jones). But there is something I was able to work out recently, ie, referred to person was a brother of one of “our” group by mention of a middle name and knowing the father’s name and coupling with age... One of the first jobs I had was as a forecourt attendant/car cleaner in a garage and I can assure you that both of those were “very Welsh” , had middle names, and go as far as to say that one of those was known by his middle name. |
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22 Jan 19 - 10:16 AM (#3972863) Subject: RE: BS: First name only From: Jos As far as I remember, William was William Brown. 'Just' was part of the (first?) book title. I'm not sure if Henry, Ginger and Douglas had surnames, though Violet Elizabeth had two names AND a surname. |
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22 Jan 19 - 10:20 AM (#3972865) Subject: RE: BS: First name only From: Jos Years back, when Princess Diana had produced a William and a Henry (thereafter called Harry, though he could also be Ginger), I used to hope she would have a girl and name her Violet Elizabeth. |
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22 Jan 19 - 10:33 AM (#3972870) Subject: RE: BS: First name only From: punkfolkrocker Then there's the modern Welsh god of singing... Sirtom... [Jos - yeah.. I know.. "Just" a little in-joke for William fans...] |
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22 Jan 19 - 11:42 AM (#3972890) Subject: RE: BS: First name only From: Steve Shaw I always thought his full name was Just K William... |
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22 Jan 19 - 11:56 AM (#3972895) Subject: RE: BS: First name only From: Jon Freeman Thinking famous 5, did Jo (the "gypsy") ever have a surname? |
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22 Jan 19 - 12:05 PM (#3972896) Subject: RE: BS: First name only From: punkfolkrocker Swallows and Amazons movie... Titty's name was changed for the recent remake... |
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22 Jan 19 - 12:14 PM (#3972899) Subject: RE: BS: First name only From: Steve Shaw You'd have thought that "Titty" would be a double-barrelled name... |
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22 Jan 19 - 12:41 PM (#3972904) Subject: RE: BS: First name only From: Jos Wasn't the Swallows' surname Walker? And the Amazons' was Blackett or something similar. I don't remember Jo having a surname, but her father was Simmy, so possibly Simpson or Symmonds or some such. |
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23 Jan 19 - 04:34 PM (#3973159) Subject: RE: BS: First name only From: Ed T Speaking of Toots,(aka titty) "Jean "Toots" Thielemans, originally a guitar player, was the first musician to bring the harmonica to the jazz world." |
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27 Jan 19 - 05:22 PM (#3973755) Subject: RE: BS: First name only From: FreddyHeadey A lot of people called Jimmy must come back from Scotland thinking that they're pretty famous up there. |
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28 Jan 19 - 04:49 AM (#3973790) Subject: RE: BS: First name only From: Mr Red here's looking at Euclid |
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28 Jan 19 - 09:30 AM (#3973822) Subject: RE: BS: First name only From: Mrrzy Mr. Red, you will always have Paris. And Achilles. |