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Lädt ... Remarkable Names of Real Peoplevon John Train (Herausgeber)
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"Hopalong Rabinowitz, who I am told used to reside in the Brooklyn telephone directory, is not here, but Bathsheba Finkelstein is, and so are Ima Hogg, Shanda Lear (of the Lear Jet family), and everyone else from A.A.A. D'Artagnan to Dr. Zoltan Ovary, a gynecologist at New York Hospital. Life surpasses art to produce a hilarious stocking stuffer." Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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 Google Books — Lädt ...GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)929.4History and Geography Biography, genealogy, insignia Genealogy; Heraldry Names of persons and placesKlassifikation der Library of Congress [LCC] (USA)BewertungDurchschnitt: (3.27)
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Feeblebunny, 32
Fillerup, 27
Finger, 29
Finkelstein, 19
Fish, 50
Fly-Fornication, 58? Interest, incredulity and merriment would be sustained throughout. What queries from proofreaders, though, would arise from listing A. Przybysk of Michigan, or F. G. Vereneseneckockkrockoff, the defendant in a celebrated murder trial of 1897!
These are all authentic, documented names of real people, arranged alphabetically in the text by given name. Some are due to malicious, blind, or over-jocular parents: lona Victory Bond; July August September; Katz Meow; Lettice Goedebed; Mary Louise Pantzaroff; O. Hell; Ophelia Legge; Violet Organ; Virginia May Sweatt Strong. Some derive a fortuitous hilarity from the marriage or profession of the unfortunate nominee: A. Moron, Commissioner of Education; Cardinal Sin, Archbishop of Manila; Major Minor of the US Army; Mrs Screech, singing teacher; Mrs Friendly Ley. Some are simple fun, for the reader if not the owner: Gisella Werberserch-Piffel, Hrothgar J. Habakkuk (Vice-Chancellor); Humperdink Fangboner.
A perfect jeu d'esprit for indexers to give each other on their birthdays.