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Show HOW NAMES BECOME CHANGED Sometimes Intentionally, but More Often Due to the "Wear and Tear of Time." "Who Was Who?" is the suggested title for a new book to contain the names of all persons who have changed their names. A new publication publica-tion will do that in England. If the work is carried back far enough it will be found that scarcely a name has survived the wear and tear of time. Some of the changes are intentional, like our daily applications in court, but most of them are due to bad spellers or poor pronunciation and phonetic spelling to express the errors of pronunciation. pro-nunciation. Our Dutch ancestors had. a habit of cutting off everything that went down to and including the "Van." The name "Burch" was originally "Birch" and meant a man who lived by the bircli tree. It is a curious comment com-ment on (his new book that the London Lon-don newspaper editor who is putting it out has juggled his own name after the English custom, when taking a title. . Good names are a misfortune when they are used like family portraits por-traits to make snobs. Exchange. |