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Re: Super fun name game
« Reply #126 on: Sunday 04 March 12 01:29 GMT (UK) »
Hi h-g, I think you handled your last find very diplomatically - well done!

Hi Freckneale,   I fear you might have hit the nail on the head.... all to easily distracted - that's me ;D 

Off to bed - Goodnight all.
Hutchinson - Nottingham.
Rowland - Nottingham.
Parkin - Co Durham/Nottingham.
Gardiner/Gardner/Gardener - Co Durham.
Drake - Derbyshire/Lincolnshire/Sussex/London?
Leighton - Derbyshire.

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« Reply #127 on: Sunday 04 March 12 10:10 GMT (UK) »
good morning cb and thank you.  i do have standards, although not very high at times  ;D

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« Reply #128 on: Sunday 04 March 12 10:12 GMT (UK) »
hi freckneale, too much spare time on my hands and a warped sense of humour is my excuse.   ::)
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« Reply #129 on: Sunday 04 March 12 11:41 GMT (UK) »
for the dog lovers amoungst us

sarah dog
martha poodle
fred bassett
bertie bassett   (well there had to be one)  :D
mary hound
kitty springer
ezra hudders cocker
king charles carter
collie hatchett
jack russell
harry doberman
albert terrier
john kairn
nelly huskie
ben beagle

and what every good dog owner should have

james robert poop
          henry scoop


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« Reply #130 on: Sunday 04 March 12 20:44 GMT (UK) »
Oh my god, my blog will be going for years!
My favourites always seem to be 'Fanny's', like Fanny Windy, hehe! Maybe I should have a seperate one just for them!
The Time of day's sound brilliant too! I'm having trouble finding new ones now, as we seem to have covered everything! Perhaps I might have a look for people named after counties...
I'll do it now!  :P

Australia Hilton (4 stars on trip advisor)
British Pensom (definitely Pensom not Person!)
Irish Ben
Irish Micke
Ireland Sophia Du Chateau   
Ireland Tory
Wales Walker
Welsh Craggs  :P
Welsh Hollows
Welsh Cliff (died at one month :( maybe named after where he was found?)
Germany Bacon
German Bridges
German Walker
German Hunt
German Lamb
German Hill
German Waterfall (I'm only on 1846 - so many Germans!)
German Woodhead
German Rutter  :o
German Ambrose (Beer?)
German Blood (Oo err)
German Husband (A birth record..)
Frenchard Edmund Pickard Image  ::)
French Hems (always up to date on the latest fashions)
French Ramsbottom
Africa B@st@rd (named a son the same thing too :o )
American Vel AmerickanKelly   
Peru Clayton
Swiss Cook
Swissie Barker
Russia Loveday
Poland Steptoe
Poland Calcutt
China Riddle
China Goldstone
Korean Hicks
Kenyan Winterbottom (rather warm still, I'd say)
Egyptian R Pharo  ;D
Egyptess Esymaliah Curtis (quite like this one!)
Argentina Bull
Canada Miles
Mongolia Bell
Greece Quick
Cyprus Cocks
Malta Speed
Libya Draper
Tunis Air
Tunisia Brown (From all that sun)
Sahara Skingle
Belgian Hobbs
Belgium Bullock
Belgian Mason

And I'm all out of countries/continents! (India and Indiana were very common, so I didn't include any of those!)
      



Vanderkist; London and beyond!
Doe; Suffolk
Hunt; Surrey, London
Reeves; Croydon, Suffolk, Cambridgeshire
Porrett: England, Yorkshire, London
Ward; Croydon, Wiltshire
Batchelor; Croydon, Brighton
Ellis; Croydon, Dorset, Buckinghamshire, Berkshire
MacPherson; Scotland
Wills; Cornwall
Taylor; Suffolk
Aldous; Suffolk
Poll; Suffolk
Gathercoal; Suffolk

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Re: Super fun name game
« Reply #131 on: Sunday 04 March 12 20:45 GMT (UK) »

Manlove - Allcock


I properly 'lol'd' at this one!  ;D
Vanderkist; London and beyond!
Doe; Suffolk
Hunt; Surrey, London
Reeves; Croydon, Suffolk, Cambridgeshire
Porrett: England, Yorkshire, London
Ward; Croydon, Wiltshire
Batchelor; Croydon, Brighton
Ellis; Croydon, Dorset, Buckinghamshire, Berkshire
MacPherson; Scotland
Wills; Cornwall
Taylor; Suffolk
Aldous; Suffolk
Poll; Suffolk
Gathercoal; Suffolk

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« Reply #132 on: Sunday 04 March 12 20:52 GMT (UK) »
i'll have to look harder then and find a few funnies  ;D

fanny fright
john twopenny fright
emma scare
william james shiver
mary cower
mary sweat   ::)
shaker cordluck
fret sharles steel
worry charles potter
sarah strife
troublesome john english

and another for the list of dogs

boxer love

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« Reply #133 on: Sunday 04 March 12 22:26 GMT (UK) »
Just realised a few of my countries had been done already! Had a look for colours, hopefully I'm not repeating any again  :)

Green Gray
Green Armour (early camouflage?)
Green Greentree
Green Willows
Green Wood
Green Field
Green Hill
Green Veal (prob best not to eat that)
Green Garlick
Green Mountain
One after the other in the index are: Green Tinker, Green Tailor :D No soldier after, unfortunately.
There really were a lot of Green's!
Orange Lemon
Orange White
Orange Gardner
White Betty
White Rose
White Woolcock
White Buzzard
Blue Peter  ;D
Red Penny
Mauve Fox
Grey Swan  :)
Gray Cross
Creamaleanouss Thompson  :o
Black Jack (Unfortunately died in 1839 - would have loved to have looked him up!)
Brown Woodhouse
Brown Leek
Brown speck (someone keen on cleaning perhaps)
Brown stout
Brown Sides
Brown Bordycoat
Brown Spray   :-X
Brown Bacon (left it under the grill too long)

and, last but not least, Puce Harris


Vanderkist; London and beyond!
Doe; Suffolk
Hunt; Surrey, London
Reeves; Croydon, Suffolk, Cambridgeshire
Porrett: England, Yorkshire, London
Ward; Croydon, Wiltshire
Batchelor; Croydon, Brighton
Ellis; Croydon, Dorset, Buckinghamshire, Berkshire
MacPherson; Scotland
Wills; Cornwall
Taylor; Suffolk
Aldous; Suffolk
Poll; Suffolk
Gathercoal; Suffolk

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Re: Super fun name game
« Reply #134 on: Sunday 04 March 12 23:45 GMT (UK) »
For the musicians...

Alfred Shrubsole Horn
Hubert Gale Horn
Female Tuba
Fortuna Piano
Hannah Christina Susanna Base Base.. ( a think you will find that is a double base!) ;D
Divia Viola
Una Flute
Eli Harp
Daniel Choles Violin
mary Ann Trumpet
Tom Bone ( Well nearly!!)
Tudor Joseph J E Lute
Abraham Puddicombe Lute
Annette B Drum
Hutchinson - Nottingham.
Rowland - Nottingham.
Parkin - Co Durham/Nottingham.
Gardiner/Gardner/Gardener - Co Durham.
Drake - Derbyshire/Lincolnshire/Sussex/London?
Leighton - Derbyshire.