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Subject: Re: Isn't Durham from NE England, right up near Scotland? Calling Daividh. :) n/t
Author: Daividh   (guest, 209.209.173.178)
Date: October 23, 2001 at 9:44:11 PM
Reply to: Isn't Durham from NE England, right up near Scotland? Calling Daividh. :) n/t by Nanaea
Yeah, it's tucked up there somewhere around Newcastle (home of The World's Best Beer), I think.

Durham, incidentally, was originally Dunholm, "island with a hill". I've not hard it as a first name, but it's quite common in this county as a surname.

- Da.

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