[ANSTHRLD] Name research in the news

[Tim McDaniel]

On Wed, 10 Mar 2004, Don and Monica <dmriney at earthlink.net> wrote:
> Diet Coke anyone?
>
> http://www.nbc5i.com/family/2908955/detail.html

"Diot Coke", a girl, was baptised in 1379.  Diot is a diminutive of
Dionisia, which also lead to today's Denise.  No source is given there
except that she was born in the West Riding in Yorkshire.  Another
story,
<http://ichuddersfield.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0330features/content_objectid=14020288_method=full_siteid=50060_headline=-The-girl-called-Diot-Coke-name_page.html>
says

    In his latest book, Christian Names In Local And Family History,
    Dr George Redmond provides the first in-depth study of the
    development of first names in this country.

Says it's published by The National Archives, UKP 16.99.  Someone is
going to evaluate it to see if it's a good replacement for Withycombe
for our purposes?

    The book is packed with information, lots of it culled from West
    Yorkshire, and has two essential indexes, for Christian names and
    family names.

Daniel de Lincolia
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