From: dblack@...
Date: 2005-12-23T00:01:17+09:00
Subject: Re: The "ruby way" to break apart a name?

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On Thu, 22 Dec 2005, James Edward Gray II wrote:

> On Dec 21, 2005, at 4:17 PM, mathew wrote:
>
>> Also, the number of words in the full name can vary between 1 and a fair=
ly=20
>> large integer.
>
> Amen.  Names are much trickier than you think...
>
> James Edward Gray II (married to Dana Ann Leslie Gray)

And then there's...

Louis George Maurice Adolphe Roch Albert Abel Antonio Alexandre No=C3=A9
Jean Lucien Daniel Eug=C3=A8ne Joseph-le-brun Joseph-Bar=C3=AAme Thomas Tho=
mas
Thomas-Thomas Pierre Arbon Pierre-Maurel Barth=C3=A9lemi Artus Alphonse
Bertrand Dieudonn=C3=A9 Emanuel Josu=C3=A9 Vincent Luc Michel
Jules-de-la-plane Jules-Bazin Julio C=C3=A9sar Jullie

=2E.. a 19th-century musician who had a lot of godfathers, all of whom
he was named after.  You gotta love the "Thomas"'s :-)

(And I'll rattle off that name from memory for a drink.)

Also, don't forget cases like Ralph Vaughan Williams, where the last
name is Vaughan Williams.


David

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David A. Black
dblack@wobblini.net

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