Tuesday, April 22, 2008

Barry
As I mentioned in an earlier posting - the prevalence of the name Barry in the town of Bantry challenged assumptions I had long held about said name.
A little known writer has documented a theory similar to mine at the following webpage
Here are a few examples to taken in a period spanning 5 whole minutes last wednesday.


























































1 Comments:

At 6:36 PM, Blogger alexhighrise said...

'barry' is also a verb, as in the song
'I want to barry a lighthouse keeper...'
however, I don't know what 'to barry' means, but clearly, according to the rules of the English language, one could be 'barried' and no doubt alive, yet

 

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