Re: The Celeberty Game! (or anyone famous you can think of, past or present)
Beth said:
"The locative articles in Scots, Irish, and Dutch names are generally capitalized and count as the beginning of the name, especially when they have been absorbed into it (like Vanderbilt for example, which can also be written as Van Der Biilt). Irish names using Mc (Mic) always carry a capital letter after the locative, as in McDougal, where Scots ones are variant - eg Macdonald and MacDonald are both acceptable, although the former is more common in use today. In Hebrew and Arabic names, the article may or may not be capitalized but counts as the beginning of the surname in any case - hence Osama Bin Laden would pick up from a B, and not an L."
Harvey, in Van Gogh both are caps caps. in a name like de la Paris, should begin w/ a P.
Bin Laden should start w/ a B.
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Patty in Wisc has sadly passed away 9/05/11. We will miss you Patty.
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