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Margaret | Report | 30 Mar 2006 00:07 |
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can the name bing be short for anything??? |
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Carter | Report | 30 Mar 2006 00:14 |
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hi margaret i tried googling and it says it is a nickname for 'bingham ' its english and means ' town of the hollow ' hope this helps linda x |
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Val wish I'd never started | Report | 30 Mar 2006 00:21 |
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then of course there was Bing Crosby which was his name not short for anything |
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Carter | Report | 30 Mar 2006 00:23 |
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bing crosby - real name - harry lillis crosby. i like bing better love linda x |
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Val wish I'd never started | Report | 30 Mar 2006 00:27 |
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ooh was that his real name its horrible isnt it ??? I wonder then where he got the Bing from ???? |
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Richard in Perth | Report | 30 Mar 2006 02:31 |
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Valerie - from Google: Crosby's nickname 'Bing' grew out of his childhood interest in a comic strip titled The Bingville Bugle So now you know! Richard |
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Jeanette | Report | 30 Mar 2006 08:30 |
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you learn something new every day jeanette |
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Dianne | Report | 30 Mar 2006 08:53 |
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Hi Margaret I received a marriage certificate yesterday for a bride whose second name (of four!) was Byng. Don't know if that helps you, though. Di |
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Jeanette | Report | 30 Mar 2006 08:59 |
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put the name bing in to Ancestry search there are quite a few male and a couple a female's. Jeanette |
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