Talk of The Villages Florida - View Single Post - ABCDE - What's in a Name?
View Single Post
 
Old 11-30-2018, 08:51 AM
alwann's Avatar
alwann alwann is offline
Veteran member
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Village of Gilchrist
Posts: 922
Thanks: 3
Thanked 796 Times in 247 Posts
Default What's in a name

I recall a sports columnist for the Baltimore Sun named Peter Schmuck. In Yiddish, his first name is the same as his last name. And then there is the story of a Morris Lipschitz. People told him he should change his name. He did. To Michael.