Subj : Strange a bit
To   : Ardith Hinton
From : Alexander Koryagin
Date : Thu Oct 10 2024 14:10:10


Hi, Ardith Hinton!
I read your message from 08.10.2024 21:36

 AH>>> The author, BTW, is generally known Over Here as A. A.
 AH>>> Milne.... :-)

 AK>> I asked about the second name.

 AH> Oh, I see. I'd describe the initials here as representing a
 AH> person's given names and "Milne" as a surname or family name.

 AH> I understand these things work a bit differently WRT Russian
 AH> names... and to complicate matters, a person's given name may also
 AH> be the mother's maiden name and/or another individual's surname
 AH> where I come from.

Is it correct that a second name is always equal to a surname or family name?

 AK>> How would you write it "Milne" or "Miln" if you never saw it
 AK>> written.

 AH> Well, it does rhyme with "kiln"... so if I'd never seen or heard
 AH> this name before I might employ the latter until I had time to
 AH> investigate further.

It remains to me only to wonder about the English language evolution. How on earth you put a letter into the word and don't pronounce this letter. ;) Maybe Milne was spoken differently in the past?

Bye, Ardith!
Alexander Koryagin
english_tutor 2024

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