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raccoon

(32,390 posts) Thu Oct 29, 2015, 02:05 PM Oct 2015

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Why does "Lloyd" have two L's? It only needs one. nt [View all] raccoon Oct 2015 OP

al'Loyd ? A man of real mettle ? nt eppur_se_muova Oct 2015 #12

From Saudi Arabia! WinkyDink Oct 2015 #13

More likely Solder Arabia. :) nt eppur_se_muova Oct 2015 #15

I am not worthy. :-) WinkyDink Oct 2015 #20

I'd Mecca joke but that one's hard to top pinboy3niner Oct 2015 #21

Yep, Wales. hunter Oct 2015 #5

My great grandfather came from Llanfihangel y Creuddyn csziggy Oct 2015 #8

wow! impressive!!!! magical thyme Oct 2015 #10

Yep. It's Wwelshh. hifiguy Oct 2015 #23

Yep I'm Welsh and my maiden name is Williams. See? CTyankee Nov 2015 #32

Why does raccoon have two Cc? Ptah Oct 2015 #3

Good question--came from Algonquian (Powhatan) arahkun. nt raccoon Oct 2015 #4

Partly because older English spelling tends to be pretty random ... eppur_se_muova Oct 2015 #16

I ask that of a Lloyd I once knew.... Jade Fox Oct 2015 #6

It's Welsh, which has frogmarch Oct 2015 #7

Why does "Llanfairpwllgwyngyll" have six L's? It only needs three. KamaAina Oct 2015 #9

Guess we're lucky it doesn't have nine. nt LiberalElite Oct 2015 #19

It should be spelled "Loid" Generic Brad Oct 2015 #11

As in, "The Loids of Brooklyn." WinkyDink Oct 2015 #14

Loids Of Lunden olddots Oct 2015 #17

It's for a double dose of lovin' nt MrScorpio Oct 2015 #18

Why are Cap'n Crunch's eyebrows on his hat? Snobblevitch Oct 2015 #22

That's one reason I could never eat those 2naSalit Nov 2015 #28

Cap'n Crunch is sweet, but they did scratch the top of my mouth. Snobblevitch Nov 2015 #29

Why is there an L in Noel? rug Oct 2015 #24

My best friends are having a little girl... Chan790 Nov 2015 #30

Send them this for a Christmas card. rug Nov 2015 #31

Don't even get me started on 'vaccuum' pinboy3niner Oct 2015 #25

Unless it's Carli Lloyd. Lizzie Poppet Oct 2015 #26

they wanted to change it, but they couldn't decide which "L" to remove virtualobserver Oct 2015 #27