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Offline DianaM

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Re: Why did you choose your Rootschat name?
« Reply #270 on: Tuesday 15 August 06 17:07 BST (UK) »
Mine's boring too - couldn't wait to get going, no time to think of something witty!
CAVILL (Yorkshire, Lancashire, Pennsylvania), BROWN (Yorks) SCOTT (Yorks) STANLEY (Staffs) TAVERNOR (Staffs) BLAKE (London, Wilts) FOGG (Derbyshire, Manchester)
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Re: Why did you choose your Rootschat name?
« Reply #271 on: Wednesday 16 August 06 06:29 BST (UK) »
sula_nebouxii is a name I have used online for years.  It is the scientific name for the blue footed booby, which I adopted as a mascot after the comment "That looks like you dancing!" 

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Beattie - Cumberland & Victoria

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Re: Why did you choose your Rootschat name?
« Reply #272 on: Friday 18 August 06 10:02 BST (UK) »
I am named after my never-to-be-forgotten dog, a silver-coloured larger than usual Yorkie with attitude.  I was told we looked alike because I have a silver mop on top too. 

Which I suppose begs the question how did he get his name - we chose it while playing a family game of - Scrabble!

Pat
APPLETON Harwich/Gravesend/Stepney
BRADLEY Bermondsey/Canning Town/Ilford, Essex
COLE/SALTWELL/DAVEY/MONK/RILEY/COPSEY/PAVET/BACON Navestock area Essex
CALLOW Dartford Kent/Deptford  RANDALL Greenwich/Deptford
DAVIS Ross/Stroud,Glos/West Ham, Essex
FENNING Gosbeck, Suffolk  WELCH Devon/Greenwich/Stanmore/Ipswich
PALMER Rotherhithe/Deptford/West Ham/Ilford
LANGDALE E London/Deptford  HERITAGE Rotherhithe/Bermondsey
VIZARD Bermondsey/Shoreditch  TURNER Liverpool/Chatham

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Re: Why did you choose your Rootschat name?
« Reply #273 on: Friday 18 August 06 10:52 BST (UK) »
My name(Carol) and my DOB ........simple,like me  ;D ;D ;D
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Re: Why did you choose your Rootschat name?
« Reply #274 on: Friday 18 August 06 11:16 BST (UK) »
When I was little I could not pronounce my name. so I called myself Peep. It has always been my family name. Patricia.

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Re: Why did you choose your Rootschat name?
« Reply #275 on: Friday 18 August 06 11:44 BST (UK) »
I tried unsuccessfully to have the name that I wanted - but to no avail.  In frustration, after many attempts,  I gave up and decided on Cornishpasty as my ancestors were from Cornwall, even though I am an Aussie.  I love it anyway.  It was meant to be HOOROO everyone.

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BAKER - Cornwall
BARRABLE - UK and South Africa
BROPHY - Kilkenny in Ireland,  South Africa
CORIN,  MARTIN, NICHOLAS, WILLIAMS  - Cornwall,  South Africa
EDWARDS - Wales,  South Africa
JAMES - Cornwall, London
KENT - UK, Ireland and South Africa
KLISKEY - Cornwall, South Africa, NZ, USA, Australia
KOWLESKEY or KOULESKEY - Russia (Kalingrad)
PERRY - Cornwall and Australia
UREN - Worldwide (One Name Study)

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Re: Why did you choose your Rootschat name?
« Reply #276 on: Friday 18 August 06 13:00 BST (UK) »
 :)  Great topic........and as I read some of the posts, they made me laugh ............ :)

(five mins prior to that I was crying my eyes out at reading info on my grans brother Phelin......) Okay its a girly thing.....Happy tears.. ::)

Anyway I chose Summers76, because  it was truly a great year for me.....plus I had used it on another forum....mega e-mail hugs to everyone cos this is a brilliant website......x Katy

SCANLONS- North East-England, also America-Canada
TAYLOR-   England also Ireland
LYDON - England also Ireland
BRENNAN - North England, Ireland, Scotland
BLACKMUR- England

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Re: Why did you choose your Rootschat name?
« Reply #277 on: Friday 18 August 06 19:24 BST (UK) »
Wanted something that would be easy to remember ... enjoy wine and a man therefore yn9man ....since other variations were already in use.

yn9man
Scotland - Adam, Galt/Gault, Mellis, Jardine, Turnbull, Robertson, Auchincloss, Murray, Allison/Allason, Mitchell, Cross, Rae, Brown, McHutcheon, Montgomerie, McKenzie, Mackay, McPherson, McInish

England - Saunders/Sanders, Jory/Jorie/Jura, McKey, Williams/ Wyllams,  Lance, Ellis, Trounson, Dingle, Charlton, Hambridge, Sweetman/Sweatman, Ricks/Rix/Reeks, Cole, Shearwood/Sherwood, Toy, Brooks, Moore, Donn, Nicolas, Habberfield,

Denmark - Alling/Aalling, Lastein, Lund, Rasmussen

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Re: Why did you choose your Rootschat name?
« Reply #278 on: Friday 18 August 06 20:18 BST (UK) »
it's a username I use on a lot of sites.

XPhile - someone who likes the X Files

286 - February '86, my month and year of birth

8 - A random number - I originally used XPhile286, but for now forgotten reason I put an 8 on the end.


Stephen :)
Smith (Lancashire), McKenna (Ireland/Liverpool/Leyland), Maynard (Hertfordshire/London/Preston), Ricketts (Gloucestershire/Wigan/Preston), Scowcroft (Preston), Harling (N. Yorkshire/Lancashire), Willis (Preston), Clegg (Manchester/Preston), Dodd (Wigan/Cheshire), Alston (Lancashire), Hulks (Hertfordshire), Nicholson (Lancashire/Cumbria), Russell (Lancashire), Wilson (Cumbria), Bracewell (Lancashire), Moxham (Lancashire0

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