nPostednon February 4, 2015
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I’mnsure you know that Johann Bach was a German composer living in thenlate 1600s and early 1700s.
I’mnsure you know that Johann Bach was a German composer living in thenlate 1600s and early 1700s.n
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nButndid you know that there were TWO Johann Bachs, both German composersnliving in the late 1600s and early 1700s?
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nOnenis our birthday boy, born on this date in 1677. The other one isnJohann Sebastian Bach, born at the end of March in 1685. They werensecond cousins. Do you know which one is “the” Bach? The famousnone?
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nItnis Johann Sebastian Bach that people know and love today. His secondncousin, Johann LUDWIG Bach, did fairly well during his lifetime butnis now just a footnote in musical history.
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nThenimportance of middle names
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nHavingna middle name helps us to know who we are talking or hearing, readingnor
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nwriting about. It helps us keep straight presidents (GeorgenHerbert Walker Bush and George Walker Bush), famous people (likenpaleontologist Stephen Jay Gould and author Steven Gould) and familynmembers (I had a friend whose name was Maria Fernandez, and all ofnher sisters were also named Maria Fernandez, but they all hadndifferent middle names, and that’s what everyone called them).
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nMynmom doesn’t have a middle name, and George Washington didn’t have one, either! But most people have one or twonmiddle names.
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Inwas wondering how many people have my first and last name, in thenwhole U.S., and it turns out that I am unique! When I checked thenwebsite How Many of Me? I discovered that there is only onenCathleen Earle in the nation: me.
Inwas wondering how many people have my first and last name, in thenwhole U.S., and it turns out that I am unique! When I checked thenwebsite How Many of Me? I discovered that there is only onenCathleen Earle in the nation: me. n
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nDoes it seem like I don’t needna middle name, since I’m the only one? Well…that website only checks the U.S., not the world,nAND there may have been other Cathleen Earles in the past, or therenmay be in the future. It’s good that I have a middle name, just inncase I get famous!
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nBynthe way, I wanted to check for a more common name than mine, and so Inchecked the name John Smith. Guess what? There are 46,233 John Smithsnin the U.S. right now!!! Wow!
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nInguess those John Smiths really, really need middle names to help keepnthem all straight!
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nHowncommon is your name? Do you have a middle name to help make it a lot less common?
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nAlsonon this date:
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nSrinLanka’s Independence Day
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nAstronomernClyde Tombaugh’s birthday
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nPlannahead:
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nChecknout my Pinterest boards for:
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