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To: Jacquerie
Thatcher could be either in honor of Maggie or 19th century author

Yates - early 20th century poet

Yardley - ya got me.

59 posted on 07/26/2013 6:36:50 PM PDT by mware
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To: mware

The thing is, the surname pronounced “Yates” is actually spelled “Yeats”. There’s a surprising number of names like that in the English language. You don’t want to guess how Featherstonehaugh is pronounced....


75 posted on 07/27/2013 3:43:52 AM PDT by Eepsy
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