Friends of Matt Monro

paul jh · Post by **paul jh** » Wed Oct 25, 2006 5:39 pm

Robert - I always have an answer for your questions! I chose Paul because it's my middle name, so I thought I should use it sometime and there are never many Pauls around me. There are always many Jeffs wherever I am. But you can Paul or Jeff!

If I'm on this forum in the evening, it's always interesting to see the UK nightowls (e.g., Lena & Harry, Robert) finally retire. Then there's a few hours where no one is on but me (except an occasional American), and then come the UK early risers (Edgar, Gray).

ROBERT M. · Post by **ROBERT M.** » Wed Oct 25, 2006 5:56 pm

I see what you mean about your names, as Jeff is definitely a more common name in the US than Paul.

mariana44 · Post by **mariana44** » Wed Oct 25, 2006 6:49 pm

Hi Paul-well I for one shall continue calling you Paul I would think I was talking to a stranger if I called you Jeff

As a matter of interest is the spelling "Geoff" ever used in USA??

Marian

paul jh · Post by **paul jh** » Wed Oct 25, 2006 7:13 pm

Marian - You can still call me Paul.

Geoff is occasionally used, but not often. At my work, there are 4 persons with Geoffrey or Geofrey, and 33 with Jeffrey, Jeffery, Jeff, or Jefferson. During my first trip to London I bought a Harrod's bookmark with "Geoff" on it.

Here are some more name statistics from my office:

14 Marian, Marianne, Mariana, etc.
155 Robert, Roberta, Roberto
0 Gray
1 Hilary
3 Lena
2 Harry
2 Edgar
13 Michele
33 Matt, Matthew
146 Michael
183 John

paul and sue · Post by **paul and sue** » Wed Oct 25, 2006 8:49 pm

Hi Paul, How many Paul`s? or Mark and Luke`s just to complete the Biblical quadroligy, all the best Paul and Sue

paul jh · Post by **paul jh** » Wed Oct 25, 2006 9:10 pm

Hi Paul and Sue - I forgot to get a count of Paul!

Here are some more counts:

79 Paul, Paula, Paulene
42 Mark
2 Luke
9 Sue
104 Susan
1 Moses
126 David
3 Mohammed

paul and sue · Post by **paul and sue** » Wed Oct 25, 2006 9:18 pm

Hi Paul, Thanks for that, it sounds like a huge building with tons of staff, it must get very confusing, not the Pentagon is it? only joking,we can`t wait for the fan club meet, be so nice to finally meet the family and all the wonderful people on the site, all the best Paul and Sue

mariana44 · Post by **mariana44** » Wed Oct 25, 2006 10:16 pm

Paul----are you saying that all those people with those names work in your office----if so, it must be a pretty big office !!!

I had to laugh at the 1 "Moses"

Marian

mariana44 · Post by **mariana44** » Wed Oct 25, 2006 10:18 pm

Oh, it looks like I crossed postings with Paul and Sue.

Just looking at your list of names again---"Gray"s proper name is Graham, I do believe--so you may well have a couple of Grahams around!

Marian

paul jh · Post by **paul jh** » Wed Oct 25, 2006 10:37 pm

You are exactly right Marian. There are two Grahams at my workplace. But like you (with Paul vs Jeff), I will not be able to start calling Gray as Graham. So I listed Gray and not Graham. And before you ask, there are 13 Amandas. Sorry there are no Chloes.

I don't know all these people. I searched the employee roster on these names and it does a count of the occurences. It is a very large agency.

Lena & Harry Smith · Post by **Lena & Harry Smith** » Wed Oct 25, 2006 11:16 pm

We would tell you our proper names Paul, but Robert would only laugh

and never let us forget it

We'll whisper them at the fan club meet

mariana44 · Post by **mariana44** » Wed Oct 25, 2006 11:22 pm

Hi all--now we are getting very close to November, I am getting really excited about the fan club meeting, and seeing everyone in real life !!

Marian

ROBERT M. · Post by **ROBERT M.** » Thu Oct 26, 2006 1:20 am

Real names L&H, let me have a guess. Harry you look like a Cedric to me, Lena looks like a Matilda. Am I close

Looks like Paul cannot get away from his "statistic" job, even on the MM forum

Edgar · Post by **Edgar** » Thu Oct 26, 2006 5:46 am

paul jh wrote:Marian - You can still call me Paul. Geoff is occasionally used, but not often. At my work, there are 4 persons with Geoffrey or Geofrey, and 33 with Jeffrey, Jeffery, Jeff, or Jefferson. During my first trip to London I bought a Harrod's bookmark with "Geoff" on it.

Here are some more name statistics from my office:

14 Marian, Marianne, Mariana, etc.
155 Robert, Roberta, Roberto
0 Gray
1 Hilary
3 Lena
2 Harry
2 Edgar
13 Michele
33 Matt, Matthew
146 Michael
183 John

Interesting to se you've got 2 Edgar's. There aren't many of us around!

Gray · Post by **Gray** » Thu Oct 26, 2006 6:36 am

Hi All,

Boy, what a funny conversation!

I must admit Paul, I also thought you work at The Pentagon or NASA or maybe a basball stadium and you are counting all crowd

- all those people!

I am also loking forward to the fan club meet, but I'm really nervous.

I'll be there on my own, and being a very shy sort of fellow, I can imagine myself being stuck on the threshold of the theatre too anxious to enter.
I hope you lot don't bite.

Gray