[lit-ideas] Re: Pratts
- From: David Ritchie <ritchierd@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 31 May 2011 15:26:14 -0700
On May 31, 2011, at 1:00 PM, Robert Paul wrote:
>
> I thought of this when I read David's words, and decided to do some quiet
> research in the Mutton College Library. Here's what I found.
>
>
> Surname
> Rank
> in America
> Estimated number
> in America
> Frequency of Occurrence
> out of every
> 100,000 in population
> PAUL
> 401
> 72248
> 26.78
> PRATT
> 500
> 59801
> 22.17
> RITCHIE
> 1131
> 28397
> 10.53
>
There you go, clouding the issue with facts. And I thought Ritchies were about
common as muck. Not even as common as Pratts. Did you perchance include
spelling variants? I wonder what they are for Pratt? Le Pratt? Von Pratt?
Bin Pratt? O'perattically Inclined?
David Ritchie,
planting seeds in Portland, Oregon
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