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Dr Jekyll said:
The name 'Marion' was originally a boys name, but as it caught on the girls name 'Marian', a corruption of Mary Ann that had gone out with Robin Hood, became popular again. So the two became one name which eventually became just a girls name.
John Wayne's birth name was Marion Morrison, in all my years of being on this planet I've never heard of another male with the name Marion.
Dr Jekyll said:
The name Cedric originated as a Misprint in the novel Ivanhoe.
The name 'Marion' was originally a boys name, but as it caught on the girls name 'Marian', a corruption of Mary Ann that had gone out with Robin Hood, became popular again. So the two became one name which eventually became just a girls name.
John Wayne 's real name was Marion Morrison.The name 'Marion' was originally a boys name, but as it caught on the girls name 'Marian', a corruption of Mary Ann that had gone out with Robin Hood, became popular again. So the two became one name which eventually became just a girls name.
irocfan said:
Vocal Minority said:
The Surveyor said:
Vocal Minority said:
Kim Philby was recruited to the KGB by a man called Alfred (maybe Albert) Deutsch.
Alfred (maybe Albert)'s brother was called Oscar and founded a cinema chain.
Oscar
Deutsch
Entertains
Our
Nation.
Arnold Deutsch who recruited Philby was his cousin, not brother.Alfred (maybe Albert)'s brother was called Oscar and founded a cinema chain.
Oscar
Deutsch
Entertains
Our
Nation.
Man founded Odeon - cousin was in KGB
Sorted
Odeon Cinemas was created in 1928 by Oscar Deutsch. Odeon publicists liked to claim that the name of the cinemas was derived from his motto, "Oscar Deutsch Entertains Our Nation", but it had been used for cinemas in France and Italy in the 1920s, and the word is actually Ancient Greek. The name "Nickelodeon" was coined in 1905 and was widely used to describe small cinemas in the United States during that era.
The salient facts are still (after The Surveyors post!) correct still.
Ok - we'll try another.
Kim Philby was friends with Miles Copeland, CIA Officer, musician and father to Police drummer Stewart.
Crafty_ said:
The first man to officially die on the Hoover Dam project was J.G. Tierney who drowned in the Colorado river whilst undertaking a survey for the dam in 1922.
The last official death was Patrick Tierney, the son of J.G. Tierney who died on the same day in 1935 after falling from one of the intake towers.
like father like sonThe last official death was Patrick Tierney, the son of J.G. Tierney who died on the same day in 1935 after falling from one of the intake towers.
bazza white said:
rehab71 said:
Don't think that's right, I'm pretty sure they use a different breed of hen.
As above white in mexico to and they are not so fussy about looks of food.Brown hens, brown eggs. White hen, white eggs. Kids in the US think chickens are white only.
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