Re: CHAT: Murgatroyd (was somehow Re: Lenition)

Roger Mills scripsit:

> Also, I think it's
> "Murgatroyd", a (possibly invented) surname with pretentious/posh overtones;
Definitely real, as a quick google shows.  We have Andrew M. the tenor,
Ruth M. the genealogist, George W. M. III the lawyer, Vernon M. the
composer, Bryan M. the cricketer (from Namibia), and a page saying
that M. is a Yorkshire surname derived from a place name.

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