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September 14, 2005

 

Silly names

C.S. Forester's fictional naval hero, Horatio Hornblower (of the Hornblower series of adventure novels), has one of the more memorably silly names in literary history. So, British researchers were quite surprised when they found a real life Hornblower in centuries old census records. Other silly names uncovered: Boadicea Basher, Philadelphia Bunnyface, Faithful Cock, and many more.

- C. Max Magee @ 10:04 AM ~ comments: 0 ~ Links to this post

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