[PRCo] Names___Again

Jim Holland pghpcc at pacbell.net
Mon Nov 19 22:16:47 EST 2001


Good Morning!!

> Bob Rathke wrote:

> And in a few months I'm going to someplace in California called Sandy Eggo.

	I thought that was something one popped into the toaster!!!   Just hope you don't get
confused and end up in  *Pittsburg*  (NO  *Aitch*), CAlifornia, on the way home!(:->)

	I like to  *Gorcefy*  the  *Ingrish--Ranguage*  as much as possible!(:->)   It was Leo
Gorcey (Dorsey(?), and if so, then it is  *Dorcefy*) who made this popular, yes??

	Any and all opportunities to
		*King--the--Butcher's--Ingrish*
			is fine by me!

>> From: "John Swindler" <j_swindler at hotmail.com>

>> As I've quoted before, Fred,

>> 'anyone who knows only one way to spell a word shows a lack of creativity'
>> <ggg>   (and unfortunately, when it comes to spelling, I have a bad habit
>> of being very creative)

>> As anyone with an interest in genealogy will tell you, Fred, there are
>> multiple ways to spell last names.  And place names.

Smith--Smythe   Abrahamson--Abramson    Abrams--Abrahams
	AndersOn--AndersEn    Ng--Eng
		Backman--BackmanN--Bachman--BachmanN
trollEy--trolly (both acceptable dictionary spellings)
	Barnard--Benard--Bernard--Bernhard--Bernhardt
		Bar--BarR    BarbAr--BarbEr--BarbOUr
Baron--BarRon--BaronE    Etc., eTc., etC!!(:->)

>>> "Edward H. Lybarger" wrote:

>>> The Railways Company spelled it "McClain" but the family spelled it
>>> "McClane."  PTM will use the latter.

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James B. Holland

Holland  Electric  Railway  Operation
    "O"--Scale  St.-Petersburg Trams Company Trolleycars  &
        "O"--Scale  Parts  mailto:pghpcc at pacbell.net
        Pennsylvania Trolley Museum (PTM) http://www.pa-trolley.org/
    Pittsburgh  Railways  Company  (PRCo),   1930  --  1950
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