Bernard vs Brian - What's the difference?
bernard | brian |
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* 1992 , Woman of the Inner Sea , Plume (1994), ISBN 0452271770, pages 18-19:
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* 1865 Charlotte Eliza L. Riddell: Maxwell Drewitt . Tinsley Brothers, London 1865. page 255-256:
* 2008 Phill Young: FarArc . Author House 2008. ISBN 1434378365 page 145:
As a noun bernard
is shortened form of saint bernard (the dog ).As a verb brian is
(dialectal|northern england) to keep fire at the mouth of (as of an oven), to give light or to preserve heat.bernard
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Proper noun
(en proper noun)- A similar arrangement was made for her son Bernard , named in honor of the great Carthusian mystic (at least, that is what Jim Gaffney would softly tell Mrs. Kozinski) and of Bernie Astor, the publicist.
Anagrams
* * ----brian
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Alternative forms
* Bryan * BryonProper noun
(en proper noun)- "What the deuce is their fancy for calling the young beggar Brian'?" he inquired."Is it ' Brian Boroimhe they have gone back to, or is it some of her people, or what?"
- "There was a good Drewitt once," answered Wilhelmina, "- - - and his name was Brian'. - - - And Nannie told her, too, how a child always strains after the person it is called after, and how luck follows names, and worked her up to such a pit finally, that nothing would do her but the young gentleman must be called '''Brian''' and accordingly '''Brian''' he is - ' Brian Archibald. It is not an easy name to make fun out of; so all I can do is to call him Brin Baldy.
- Why oh why had his parents even considered Brian'? '''Brian''' is someone who works in a hardware shop or fixes the U bend. What chance did Sir Lovesdaslutalot have in life with a name like '''Brian'''? You can't even shorten ' Brian to Bri without it sounding like a kind of cheese!