In Wales (UK) people in small villages, years ago, often differentiated between the many people with the same surname by referring to them as, for instance, ‘Jones the milk’ ‘Jones the farm’ ‘Jones the taxi’, and so on. None of them objected, as far as I know.
In Wales (UK) people in small villages, years ago, often differentiated between the many people with the same surname by referring to them as, for instance, ‘Jones the milk’ ‘Jones the farm’ ‘Jones the taxi’, and so on. None of them objected, as far as I know.