Comments on: My name http://www.antoniabance.org.uk/2006/10/24/my-name/ Thoughts of Antonia, Labour activist and feminist in Oxford Thu, 20 Nov 2008 07:56:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Dan http://www.antoniabance.org.uk/2006/10/24/my-name/#comment-30671 Dan Sat, 28 Oct 2006 03:01:45 +0000 http://www.antoniabance.org.uk/2006/10/24/my-name/#comment-30671 Hmmm. According to this lil search device, there is no one with my name in the USA. Yet a search on Google reveals one namesake, as expected. And according to the UK version of the site, I don't actually exist in the UK at all. Can't decide whether to go with a "beat that" or "I am not a number (not even 0)" Hmmm. According to this lil search device, there is no one with my name in the USA. Yet a search on Google reveals one namesake, as expected.

And according to the UK version of the site, I don’t actually exist in the UK at all. Can’t decide whether to go with a “beat that” or “I am not a number (not even 0)”

]]> By: Storyteller’s World » Blog Archive » How many Tony Prices? http://www.antoniabance.org.uk/2006/10/24/my-name/#comment-30272 Storyteller’s World » Blog Archive » How many Tony Prices? Wed, 25 Oct 2006 21:32:39 +0000 http://www.antoniabance.org.uk/2006/10/24/my-name/#comment-30272 [...] There may not be many Jos or Antonias Over There, but it looks like my moniker is quite a bit more common. [...] [...] There may not be many Jos or Antonias Over There, but it looks like my moniker is quite a bit more common. [...]

]]> By: Paul Burgin http://www.antoniabance.org.uk/2006/10/24/my-name/#comment-30228 Paul Burgin Wed, 25 Oct 2006 17:19:28 +0000 http://www.antoniabance.org.uk/2006/10/24/my-name/#comment-30228 25 of me, which somehow doesn't ring true. America is a big place and there are enough Burgin's there. I have problems with how people use my surname. If they hear it they mispell it, (Bergen, Bergin being prime examples) and if they read it they mispronounce it (It's Burg-in as in iceberg or beefburger, not Burg-in as in Virgin or dirge) 25 of me, which somehow doesn’t ring true. America is a big place and there are enough Burgin’s there.
I have problems with how people use my surname. If they hear it they mispell it, (Bergen, Bergin being prime examples) and if they read it they mispronounce it (It’s Burg-in as in iceberg or beefburger, not Burg-in as in Virgin or dirge)

]]> By: Is that common? « Jennieworld Today http://www.antoniabance.org.uk/2006/10/24/my-name/#comment-30165 Is that common? « Jennieworld Today Wed, 25 Oct 2006 10:29:44 +0000 http://www.antoniabance.org.uk/2006/10/24/my-name/#comment-30165 [...] Thanks to Jo for having this on her website, from whence I shamelessly nicked it (again!). I think she probably half-inched it from Antonia though, so shall refer to her too! (Hi!) [...] [...] Thanks to Jo for having this on her website, from whence I shamelessly nicked it (again!). I think she probably half-inched it from Antonia though, so shall refer to her too! (Hi!) [...]

]]> By: donpaskini http://www.antoniabance.org.uk/2006/10/24/my-name/#comment-30157 donpaskini Wed, 25 Oct 2006 09:40:52 +0000 http://www.antoniabance.org.uk/2006/10/24/my-name/#comment-30157 Oddly, there are no people in America called 'Don Paskini', or indeed with the surname Paskini. Oddly, there are no people in America called ‘Don Paskini’, or indeed with the surname Paskini.

]]> By: Ian http://www.antoniabance.org.uk/2006/10/24/my-name/#comment-30081 Ian Wed, 25 Oct 2006 03:05:04 +0000 http://www.antoniabance.org.uk/2006/10/24/my-name/#comment-30081 There are 229 of me in the USA and many more in other countries.(of course this is only my stage name) Bance-an English and Swedish surname. Swedish Social Democrat influence? There are 229 of me in the USA and many more in other countries.(of course this is only my stage name)
Bance-an English and Swedish surname.
Swedish Social Democrat influence?

]]> By: Antonia http://www.antoniabance.org.uk/2006/10/24/my-name/#comment-29974 Antonia Tue, 24 Oct 2006 20:46:58 +0000 http://www.antoniabance.org.uk/2006/10/24/my-name/#comment-29974 Fair point - consider added "or from the north". Fair point - consider added “or from the north”.

]]> By: Richard http://www.antoniabance.org.uk/2006/10/24/my-name/#comment-29966 Richard Tue, 24 Oct 2006 20:22:30 +0000 http://www.antoniabance.org.uk/2006/10/24/my-name/#comment-29966 There are 94 of me. You may be over-generalising. The word "dance" is pronounced the same way by most people in northern England as it is by Americans. Accent depends on region, social class, and many other factors. There are 94 of me.

You may be over-generalising. The word “dance” is pronounced the same way by most people in northern England as it is by Americans. Accent depends on region, social class, and many other factors.

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