in reply to Do you have a middle name?

I use my middle name; I'm rather forced to. My parents named me after a very good friend of my father's who died in Vietnam right before I was born. However, they didn't realize that "Richard Burton" was also about to be a world-famous actor. And what's more, there are a lot of Richard Burtons out there. Many more than you'd think. So I tend to use my middle name to keep things clear, since some of my very extended family tend to do some rather unsavory things.

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Re^2: Do you have a middle name?
by Gavin (Archbishop) on Dec 02, 2009 at 18:27 UTC

    Good name Burton... "Richard Burton" it has gravitas! much in the same way as

    Bond ... "James Bond" stick with it tbone1

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      Reminds me of the Russ Abbott line, "The name's Bond ... Basildon Bond. I have letters after my name."

      Cheers,

      JohnGG

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