Лошадиные фамилии
Я тут произвожу некоторый переворот в горах бумаг, которые сформировались вокруг моего стола. Наткнулась на заметку из Guardian, выкромсанную незнамо когда.
Re the disappearance of embarrassing surnames (G2, 26 March): my great-grandfather Walter was born a Swine in 1840, but died a Swan in 1873. In the 1881 census, as transcribed by the Church of the Latter Day Saints, there were plenty of Bastards, three Cunts and one Fuck, but not a single Swine.
Думаю, к последней переписи этих очаровательных фамилий уже не стало.
Re the disappearance of embarrassing surnames (G2, 26 March): my great-grandfather Walter was born a Swine in 1840, but died a Swan in 1873. In the 1881 census, as transcribed by the Church of the Latter Day Saints, there were plenty of Bastards, three Cunts and one Fuck, but not a single Swine.
Думаю, к последней переписи этих очаровательных фамилий уже не стало.