Re: A New Language
| From: | Philip Newton <philip.newton@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, August 20, 2002, 6:25 |
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On 19 Aug 02, at 13:15, John Cowan wrote:
> In particular, Tristan da Cunha, a British possession in the South
> Atlantic, first settled in 1817, and now with a population of about 300,
> has only eight surviving surnames: Glass, Green, Swain, Hagan, Rogers,
> Repetto, Lavarello, and Patterson (of which the last is a very recent
> addition).
Similarly with Pitcairn, where most surnames come from Bounty
descendants, IIRC.
Cheers,
Philip
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Philip Newton <Philip.Newton@...>