Stunning news from Britain (Reuters).
A study found the number of people with the name Cock shrank to 785 last year from 3,211 in 1881, those called Balls fell to 1,299 from 2,904 and the number of Deaths were reduced to 605 from 1,133.
People named Smellie decreased by 70 percent, Dafts by 51 percent, Gotobeds by 42 percent, Shufflebottoms by 40 percent, and Cockshotts by 34 percent, said Richard Webber, visiting professor of geography at King’s College, London.
Uhhh…I wonder why…
“If you find the (absolute) number goes down, it’s either because they changed their names or they emigrated,” Webber, author of the study, told Reuters on Wednesday.
“Ivana, get the kids together and pack up the minivan. We are moving to a place where the name Cockshott is held in high regard and won’t be laughed at”.
“And, just where might that be Horst?”
“Knob Lick, Missouri”.
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