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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread The Obituaries #63325 04/02/2002 2:54 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,773 Sparteye Pooh-Bah Sparteye Pooh-Bah Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,773 I scan the social pages and the births and deaths pages of the local paper, looking for fortuitous names. One of the obits had an intriguing one today: Silver Dollar Coffey. Mrs Coffey was born in 1907, and unfortunately the obit does not explain how she was given her name. Wonderfully, Mrs Coffey's first husband was named Ruby. No children, though. They could have had Penny, Pearl, and Opal. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: The Obituaries #63326 04/02/2002 3:10 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Last week our obits had some poor woman whose first name was Evangelist. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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