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Re: Scolastica
Sat, 28 Jan 2006 00:29:59 +0000 (UTC)
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hoskins...
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"Despite the origin of one as a derivative of the other, Benedict and
Bennet have become different names, since both are in current use in
the
English-speaking world, and they would not be considered
interchangeable
in most contexts. If you request eggs Bennet at a restaurant, you
will go hungry."
Perhaps germane: as Benedict is to Bennet, so is Augustine to Austin.
Todd A. Farmerie...
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Curious you should use that example - a fried just asked me yesterday if
the Augustine/Austin equivalence reported in Baby Name books is
authentic. What is the earliest occurance of Austin? I recall a late
13th century Adam Austin, progenitor of the Irelands.
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Tony Hoskins
Santa Rosa, California
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hoskins...
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Despite the origin of one as a derivative of the other, Benedict and
Bennet have become different names, since both are in current use in
the
English-speaking world, and they would not be considered
interchangeable
in most contexts.
If you request eggs Bennet at a restaurant, you will go hungry.
Why caricature your own position, if you hold it sincerely, with this
sort of 'correction'?
Nat Taylor
a genealogist's sketchbook:
my children's 17th-century American immigrant ancestors:
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