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Fascinating Facts About Names......(All information was taken from *The
Best Baby Name Book in the whole wide world* by Bruce Lansky 1991 edition

*Bible Studies*......It's been estimated that the majority of people in
the Western hemisphere have names based on biblical ones.  Women
outnumber men, yet there are 3,037 male names in the Bible and only 181
female names.  The New Testament is a more popular source of names than
is the Old Testament.

*Change of Habit*.........Popes traditionally choose a new name upon
their election by the College of Cardinals.  The practice began in 844
A.D. when a priest whose real name was Boca de Porco (Pig's Mouth) was
elected.  He changed his name to Sergious II.

*Hello, God?*.........Terril William Clark is listed in the phone book
under his new name--God.  Now he's looking for someone to publish his a
book he's written.  "Let's face it," he reportedly said. "The last book
with my name on it was a blockbuster."

*Once is Enough!*........Ann Landers write of a couple who has six
children, all named Eugene Jerome Dupuis, Junior.  The children answer to
One, Two, Three, Four, Five, and Six, respectively.

*In Sickness and Health*.......Tonsillitis Jackson has brothers and
sisters named Meningitis, Appendicitis and Peritonitis.

*The Old College Try*...........A couple in Louisiana named their
children after colleges:Stanford, Duke, T'Lane, Harvard, Princeton,
Auburn, and Cornell.  The parents' names? Stanford, Sr., and Loyola.

*Initials Only*.......A new recruit in the U.S. Army filled out all the
forms he was presented with as he always had in school: R.(only)B.(only)
Jones.  You guessed it--from then on he was, as far as the Army cared
about it, Ronly Bonly Jones, and all his records, dogtags and discharge
papers proved the point again and again.

*The Name's the Game*.........John Hotvet, of Minnetonka, Minnesota
is--of course--a veterinarian.  Sometimes names and occupations get
inextricably interwoven.  Consider these names and professions:
	
	Dr. Zoltan Ovary, gynecologist
	Mr. A. Moron, Commissioner of Education for the Virgin Islands
	Reverend Christian Church and Reverend God
	Mr. Thomas Crapper of Crapper, Ltd Toilets, in London, who
entitled his 	       autobiography *Flushed with Pride*
	Assorted physicians named Doctor, Docter, or Doktor
	Cardinal Sin, Archbishop of Manila, the Philippines
	Mr. Firmin A. Gryp, banker of Northern California Savings & Loan
	      	      Association in Palo Alto, California
	Mr. Groaner Digger, undertaker in Houston
	Mr. I.C. Shivers, iceman
	Ms. Justine Tune, chorister in Westminster Choir College,
Princeton New 	      Jersey
	Ms. Lavender Sidebottom, masseuse at Elizabeth Arden's in New
York City
	Mssrs. Lawless and Lynch, attorneys in Jamaica, New York
	Major Minor, U.S. Army
	Mssrs. Plummer and Leek, plumbers in Sheringham, Norfolk, England
	Mr. Ronald Supena, lawyer
	Mrs. Screech, singing teacher in Victoria, British Columbia
	Mr. Vroom, Motorcycle dealer in Port Elizabeth, South Africa
	Mssrs. Wyre and Tapping, detectives in New York City

*The End*.......One family which was not too successful in limiting its
expansion has a series of children called, respectively, Finis, Addenda,
Appendix, Supplement, and (last but not least) Errata.

Kathy (gotta puppy named Jake) Barnett
kathrynsbarnett@juno.com