I’ve noticed a lot of written quizzes now seem to start with”Riddle me this.” It makes no sense. I do remember ‘The Riddler’ in the original Batman series using it, but it now seems to be creeping in to UK use.
lol I don’t hear that often around here except in the context of Batman’s The Riddler. I guess that would be considered an Americanism if it originates from American media, even if it isn’t well-accepted as a social norm in real American culture?
That’s interesting. When it’s not a common name it makes me wonder if your Northern Irish friends share a common ancestor with you.
There are small clusters of people with my French surname south of Dublin, with others in the west of Ireland, with some being distant cousins. Unrelated to those are small clusters in North West England, and some small related clusters.
I often wonder if people with the same unusual name are related, or if their names were given to unrelated ancestors but connected through location, trade or personal attributes or foibles.
It’s amazing how much in common people here have, between Norman surnames and other French ancestry.
I once lived with a Co. Roscommon man, living in London, who had a Norman-French surname that was murder to spell, especially on the phone to an Italian hotel when he was away on business. Oddly, one of my two or three Northern Irish friends has the same surname, which I didn't think was that common.
It’s amazing how much in common people here have, between Norman surnames and other French ancestry.
I once lived with a Co. Roscommon man, living in London, who had a Norman-French surname that was murder to spell, especially on the phone to an Italian hotel when he was away on business. Oddly, one of my two or three Northern Irish friends has the same surname, which I didn't think was that common.
That’s interesting. When it’s not a common name it makes me wonder if your Northern Irish friends share a common ancestor with you.
There are small clusters of people with my French surname south of Dublin, with others in the west of Ireland, with some being distant cousins. Unrelated to those are small clusters in North West England, and some small related clusters.
I often wonder if people with the same unusual name are related, or if their names were given to unrelated ancestors but connected through location, trade or personal attributes or foibles.
