James O'Brien

My Mobile Phone

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James O’Brien

11/04/2006

MY MOBILE PHONE
Sitting in the pub waiting for a friend on the weekend I started flipping through my mobile phone and noticed the large number of repeated names and interesting names contained therein.

I invite you to do the same…

ALPHABETICALLY SPEAKING
Adam-Zoie

COMMON NAMES (at least three times)
Damien, Fiona, Ian, James, Jennifer, John, Mark, Michael, Richard, Paul, Stephen (and it’s variations), Sue & Susan, Tom & Tommy

MOST COMMON NAME
Ian (5 different people!)

VARIATIONS ON A THEME (Same name with different spelling)
Stephen (3), Steve (3) and Steven (2).

INTERESTING NAMES
Cotton, Maisie, Merri-May, Nell, Neva, Sabra, Shanthini, Tiffany, Yuske

INTERESTING SPELLINGS
Mickee, Bronween

FAMOUS NAMES
Tom Jones (not the real one)

2 responses to “My Mobile Phone”

Barbara Schaffer

03/02/2017

Hi James
Is it ok if I use one of your images in a report that I am writing
Look forward to hearing from you
Baarbara

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1. James O’Brien
  
  05/02/2017
  
  Hi Barbara, what image and what’s the context?
  
  Reply

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