What's in a name?
Carina is way overdue for her vaccines and check ups so I called a vet office in the area to set up an appointment. I need to get it done before we leave for Italy because we are leaving Carina with one of Sarah's coworkers who has several Golden Retrievers and Carina should have everything up to date by then.
The veterinarian's name is Dr. Furr. How perfect for someone in that professional. I did some research and the last name "Furr" comes from the Middle English "Furre" meaning a coat that is made of, or lined with fur. Maybe it is not quite so encouraging for a veterinarian's name.
So I thought it would be interesting to look up "Wales" and see the history of it (duh, let's see . . . maybe my family came from . . . I don't know . . .Wales, maybe.) Out of the 185 people who are listed as immigrating to America with the last name of Wales, 146 (79%) came from the British Isles. However, nine people came from Jamaica. Jamaica?!?!?!? I don't know what's up with that. It might be due to Jamaica's once being part of the British Empire.
Oh well, that created more questions than answers.
The veterinarian's name is Dr. Furr. How perfect for someone in that professional. I did some research and the last name "Furr" comes from the Middle English "Furre" meaning a coat that is made of, or lined with fur. Maybe it is not quite so encouraging for a veterinarian's name.
So I thought it would be interesting to look up "Wales" and see the history of it (duh, let's see . . . maybe my family came from . . . I don't know . . .Wales, maybe.) Out of the 185 people who are listed as immigrating to America with the last name of Wales, 146 (79%) came from the British Isles. However, nine people came from Jamaica. Jamaica?!?!?!? I don't know what's up with that. It might be due to Jamaica's once being part of the British Empire.
Oh well, that created more questions than answers.
posted by Bobby Wales at
2:15 PM
1 Comments:
Did I ever tell you about the vet I did volunteer 4-H work for? His name was Dr. Sniff. He once went to a vet conference and was seated next to a couple he didn't know. They both noticed people looking their way and snickering. Finally someone came over and asked if they had been introduced. It seems that Dr. & Mrs. Sniff were seated with Dr. & Mrs. Pugh! (no, for you wiseguys that's not "Pug--H", it's pew).
While you're researching names why don't you research the British throne and see where you stand. ML once told us where your Dad was in line for the throne. Now THAT would be a long research!
LYB
~Mom
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