WRITER
Names, naming and words
Yet more of those days
Here are more of the muffed mumblings of me and my colleagues a couple of years ago… remember we are professionals! As Shelley might have said “Look on my words, ye mighty, and despair!” He must use a time-keeping machine to try to be on time. Having had a very good start in terms 1 and […]
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Strange names… they’re all around you
Once you have a fascination for strange names, they’re everywhere, they spring of parish notice boards, they jump out of obituaries, they are of the children and grandchildren of people you meet. This was a plaque in Launceston, Cornwall, the only Cornish name is the builder, Sampson Trehane! The second part of ‘Loving Judah’ is set […]
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