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   Hi, Ardith Hinton!   
   I read your message from 08.10.2024 21:36   
      
    AH>>> The author, BTW, is generally known Over Here as A. A.   
    AH>>> Milne.... :-)   
      
    AK>> I asked about the second name.   
      
    AH> Oh, I see. I'd describe the initials here as representing a   
    AH> person's given names and "Milne" as a surname or family name.   
      
    AH> I understand these things work a bit differently WRT Russian   
    AH> names... and to complicate matters, a person's given name may also   
    AH> be the mother's maiden name and/or another individual's surname   
    AH> where I come from.   
      
   Is it correct that a second name is always equal to a surname or family name?   
      
    AK>> How would you write it "Milne" or "Miln" if you never saw it   
    AK>> written.   
      
    AH> Well, it does rhyme with "kiln"... so if I'd never seen or heard   
    AH> this name before I might employ the latter until I had time to   
    AH> investigate further.   
      
   It remains to me only to wonder about the English language evolution. How on   
   earth you put a letter into the word and don't pronounce this letter. ;) Maybe   
   Milne was spoken differently in the past?   
      
   Bye, Ardith!   
   Alexander Koryagin   
   english_tutor 2024   
      
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