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On 1/25/2022 at 8:01 AM, SuperBacon said:

Like people who claim their Cockburn surname is pronounced Coburn. Nah, its Cockburn mate, live with it. 

I used to serve a Cockburn or too, mind you I also used to serve a little old lady called Ethel Cockshott. I struggled to keep a straight face without fail.

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8 hours ago, BomberPat said:

my brother is working at Jersey Archives today, and discovered someone listed on an 1800s census as "Phil Le Bastard".

I had to look that name up, well I found this and couldn't believe that it was not as uncommon as you'd think. Sadly none of Phil's le bastard sons were called Alan 

https://www.theislandwiki.org/index.php/Le_Bastard#:~:text=Origins of surname&text=The original Le Bastard (or,than one of unknown parentage.

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