Alvin vs Patrick - What's the difference?
alvin | patrick |
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* 1594 William Shakespeare: Hamlet : Act I, Scene V :
* 1993 Roddy Doyle: Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha : page 138:
As a noun alvin
is .As a proper noun patrick is
.alvin
English
Alternative forms
* AlvynUsage notes
*Always rare in Britain but revived in the U.S.A. in the nineteenth century.See also
* Albin * Alwin, Alwyn, ElwinReferences
* Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges: A Concise Dictionary of First Names. Oxford University Press 2001.Anagrams
*patrick
English
Proper noun
(en proper noun)- Yes, by Saint Patrick , but there is, Horatio,
- And much offence, too.
- - Are unusual names nice?
- - Yes.
- - Then why am I called Patrick ?
- She laughed but only for a little bit. She smiled at me, I think to make sure that I knew she wasn't laughing at me.
- - Because your daddy's called Patrick , she said.
- I liked that, being called after my da.
- - There are five Patricks in our class, I said.
- - Is that right?
- - Patrick' Clarke. That's me. '''Patrick''' O'Neill. '''Patrick''' Redmond. '''Patrick''' Genocci. ' Patrick Flynn.
- - That's a lot, she said. - It's a nice name. Very dignified.
- - Three of them are called Paddy, I told her. - One Pat and one Patrick .