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Offline J.J.

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Re: Help to read please
« Reply #18 on: Tuesday 05 September 06 18:54 BST (UK) »
Quote from: meles on Tuesday 05 September 06 18:50 BST (UK)
It's me Lunnon accent, innit?

meles

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I suppose we can't be too harsh on this enumerator, as she could have
used it as a nickname... We see nicknames used on censuses all the time. J.J.
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Re: Help to read please
« Reply #19 on: Tuesday 05 September 06 18:56 BST (UK) »
true true.

stupid ancestors  ;D
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Re: Help to read please
« Reply #20 on: Friday 08 September 06 18:24 BST (UK) »
Hi Caz

If you invert the image it still looks like Epsa   ???

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Re: Help to read please
« Reply #21 on: Monday 11 September 06 14:56 BST (UK) »
Thanks for trying that Wendi - I'm pretty sure it's just a mis-hearing of Hepzibah.
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Re: Help to read please
« Reply #22 on: Monday 11 September 06 19:06 BST (UK) »
Courser it's possible that's what her family called her. Bit like today some people called Jeremy are called Jez.

I can just hear the enumarator being told "Don't forget there's our Epsa as well" or something like that  :)

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« Reply #23 on: Monday 11 September 06 20:33 BST (UK) »
lol. quite probably  :D
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