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Posted: 05 Apr 2018

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My father's name was Harold. When I was a child, I saw the name of the local newspaper and thought, "They spelled his name wrong!" I guess it was a couple of years later that I figured it out.

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 Heidiho
Heidiho club
LOL ... I remember something similar ...
when I was 7, just could read all the alphabet, there was a headline in thr newspaper:
" The traces of blood lead to BONN."
It was the cold war time. Bonn the capital of our "enemies" ... and I was so so worry ... because: friends of my parents were Mr. and Mrs. BOHN. I imaged, this kindly, old couple ... could be murderers ???
6 years ago. Edited 6 years ago.
Diane Putnam club has replied to Heidiho club
Hahaha - I love it! If poor Mr. and Mrs. Bohn only knew... There are lots of those things as we grow up. I remember puzzling over a phrase in a Christmas carol, "round yon virgin." What could that possibly mean, I thought. ;-o
6 years ago.
 Ronald Losure
Ronald Losure club
Round John Virgin - a rather overweight person. When I was a child there was a man Herald Plummer, spelled just so. I don't know if there was a mistake at his birth or not.
6 years ago.
Diane Putnam club has replied to Ronald Losure club
I do think his mother misspelled it! The Norwegian spelling is Harald, so Harold must be the old English version. I didn't find Herald as a proper noun, but that doesn't mean it doesn't exist somewhere.

Oh look! There's a tubby virgin!
6 years ago.
 Keith Burton
Keith Burton club
Not a very welcome looking frontage for a business! It looks more like a prison :-))

Nicely composed and taken though Diane.
6 years ago.
Diane Putnam club has replied to Keith Burton club
It's not quite as imposing as it looks here. It's part of a retaining wall that runs beside the drive to the buildings. Behind the buildings there is one even higher that holds up an even higher hill. Good thing it's not a landslide-prone area.
6 years ago.
 Andy Rodker
Andy Rodker club
I will be devastated when newspapers are finally replaced (I hope it never happens!). I like the tactile feel of the things and I like to do the crossword when I get the odd chance for a break and a cup of coffee!
6 years ago.
Diane Putnam club has replied to Andy Rodker club
Yes! It seems likely that newspapers will continue to decline, as readers and advertisers go online more and more. It 's interesting, though, that books are still going strong! It's just the bookstores that have disappeared. I so miss browsing in a good bookstore.
6 years ago.
 Peggy C
Peggy C club
re: name spelling -- there is someone in our family / down in an in-law side with that exact name spelling -- first time I met him .. just thought nobody in his family could spell !
But, it has been that way for years -- so, guess they knew what they were doing!
6 years ago.
Diane Putnam club has replied to Peggy C club
Hmmm, well, I think they just didn't know the spelling for the proper noun. Maybe they got it from "Hark the herald angels sing..." Or something... That's another thing that puzzled me in childhood before I knew what 'herald' meant!
6 years ago.

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