“(Fetch my stick, Margaret!)”
So… what do we know about Margaret?
The A to Z of HMHB
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The A to Z of HMHB
There are 14 Half Man Half Biscuit albums, plus two roundup compilations, as well as 4 EPs and a handful of one-off songs. No 'Greatest Hits'. Indulge yourself by starting here.
In which we chose the nation's favourite Half Man Half Biscuit song. For the next four years, anyway.
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Derives from the Sanskrit word for ‘pearl’. Derivatives of the name include Rita (q.v.), Peggy (q.v.) and Midge (q.v.). Name of the character in ‘One Foot In The Grave’ played by Annette Crosbie.
17 November 2015
peter mcornithologist
Margaret Atwood woke at eleven with hair like Brian May.
17 November 2015
Cardinal richelieu
Surprised Margaret Hilda never made an appearance in the rogues’ gallery above.
17 November 2015
Brumbiiscuit
My late grandmother’s name, bless her.
17 November 2015
EXXO
My ex’s name, changed to the more appropriate ‘Maddie’, errm allegedly, in a cathartic novel (unpublished, natch).
17 November 2015
SIMON P
Also my late grandmother’s name. Though she never went by owt but “Mags”.
17 November 2015
John Anderson
My wife’s middle name. Needless to say, she hates it.
17 November 2015
Dr Desperate
That was my mother’s name.
17 November 2015
Dickhead in quicksand
My maternal grandmother was Margaret Constance (qv) (always known as Connie because she disliked the name Margaret). Why she named her daughter Constance Margaret (always known as Margaret because she disliked the name Constance) is anybody’s guess.
17 November 2015
Batley’s very own… Steve malkmus
I’d hazard a guess that there’s been very few little girls christened Margaret in Barnsley in the last 33 years…
18 November 2015
Chris The Siteowner
Now that’s for sure. Overall in the UK, it’s just outside the top 500 girls’ names with only 83 babies named that last year, below Chelsea (91 babies), but above Chantelle (40) and Jordan (just 6). As you say, probably not the case in Barnsley though.
18 November 2015
Nige
Probably not that many Arthurs either, not a political statement, just the general coming and going of names as fashionable
18 November 2015
Batley’s very own… Steve malkmus
Probably a fair few young Arthurs in Barnsley, but probably more Chantelles and Jordans.
18 November 2015
Peter Mcornithologist
One of the moons of Uranus .
13 April 2018
EXXO
Currently the most eccentric object in our solar system, I believe.
Friday quiz…
13 April 2018