[ANSTHRLD] Name research in the news
tmcd at panix.com
tmcd at panix.com
Thu Mar 11 08:40:48 PST 2004
HL Pegasus Devona <brandtfamily at sprintmail.com> wrote:
> > 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.
>
> It looks like the American edition will be called First Names in
> Local & Family History.
Thanks for the pointer. Looking it up on Amazon, they say list price:
$24; paperback: 192 pages; Publisher: Dundurn Press (April 2004);
ISBN: 1550025074.
British "Christian name" == American "first name". (Note Withycombe's
title too.) This is one case where the American term is shorter and
more accurate than the British: "Jonathan is the Chief Rabbi of
England's Christian name" looks more than a little weird to me.
Daniel de Lincolia
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