“ Cock, Daft, Death, Smellie, not to mention Gotobed, Shufflebottom and Jelly: they are all surnames that would have caused their owners considerable embarrassment over the years. A new analysis of British surnames reveals how names with rude overtones have seen the sharpest decline over the past 120 years as their owners have changed them to something more innocuous.
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ertel of the night
ME:
E-R-T-E-L. You got the Ertel Power in the house. What do you want from me now, I can't give you anything but a little tiny mouse.
YOU:
What mouse?
ME:
What?
E-R-T-E-L. You got the Ertel Power in the house. What do you want from me now, I can't give you anything but a little tiny mouse.
YOU:
What mouse?
ME:
What?
March 25, 2009
