SOME VIRGINIA NAMES SPELLED ONE WAY AND CALLED ANOTHER

A very able and scholarly Virginian, Mr. B. B. Green, of Warwick, Virginia, has compiled a list from which we make the following selections:

ArmisteadUm´sted.
BairdBeard.
BerkelyBarkly.
BlountBlunt.
BoswellBos´ell.
BurwellBur´rel.
CarterCear´ter.
ChamberlaineChamberlin.
ChismanCheese´man.
DeneufvilleDonevel.
DidwiddieDinwooddy
DrewryDruit.
EnroughtyDarby!
FauquierFaw´keer.
Fontaine{Fountain.
{Fontin.
GarvinGoin.
GibsonGipson.
GilliamGillum.
GloucesterGlaw´ster.
GowerGore.
Haaughton}Hor´ton.
Hawthorne}
HobsonHop´son.
JamesJeames.
JenkinsJin´kins.
JordanJur´dn.
KeanKane.
Ker, Kerr, CarrKeaar.
KirbyKearby.
LanghorneLangon.
LawrenceLar´ance.
MauryMur´ry.
MichauxMish´er.
Montford, Munford Mumford.
MortonMo´ton.
NapierNapper.
PerrottParrot.
Piggot (from Picot)Picket.
RandolphRandal.
RoperRooper.
SandysSands.
SayerSaw´yer.
Sclater{Slaughter.
{Slater.
SempleSarm´ple.
Sewell, SeawellSow´el.
SinclairSinkler.
SweenySwin´ny.
TaliaferroToliver.
TimberlakeTimberley.
WarwickWarrick.
WoodwardWood´ard.
WoolfolkWool´fork.
WyattWait.

"In living form,"—says Mr. Green, "are now to be heard in the Southwest, words and pronunciations which have remained unaltered at least since the time of Simon de Montfort." "The Virginian"—says the same writer—"has a good opinion of himself; is calm, well-balanced; is self-reliant, and has the English quality of not being afraid to take responsibility." In other words, his blood is Scandinavian or Norman, cooled by the icy currents of Wessex. A correspondent of the Spectator (London) writes: "It is often asked what has become of old English families. I have just gathered white water-lilies from the fields of 'De Vere,' now known as Diver; one of my neighbors is 'Bohun' abbreviated into Bone; 'Roy,' a grand sample of the English laborer, was recently carried into the old church-yard; for many years I employed the tall and stately 'Plantagenet,' known on my labor books as Plant; a shop in the neighboring town is kept by 'Thurcytel,' the modern spelling being Thirkettle; 'Godwin,' the last of his race, died at a grand old age a year ago; 'Mortimer' buys my barley; and around me we have such names as Balding, Harrold, Rolf, Hacon, and Mallett."


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