A Living Legend.....Bob Buteux

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At last! Next; Scotthorne: Scot-thorn; Scot-horn, Scoth-orne, none of the above...
(He may not be traditional, but that's a well booby-trapped surname!)
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I stand corrected !
And after Alan Scotthorne, how about long time Essex carper Zenon Bojko !

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davyr wrote:
Snape wrote:Thinking about it Bewtex is a much better way of writing how I think of it but I suspect it is of Gaelic and so the 'x' would not be pronounced and hence it will be Bewtoe....
I don't think it's of Gaelic origin, Snape - according to a quick bit of genealogical research, most of the UK bearers of the Buteux surname are descendants of 17th century French Huguenots escaping religious persecution.

In which case, CP's "Bewtoe" (or Boo Toe) would be about right, if it hasn't been over-Anglicised.
Ah yes.... I actually meant Gaelic as in derived from Gaul (the original meaning of the word) and therefore French...
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Snape wrote:Ah yes.... I actually meant Gaelic as in derived from Gaul (the original meaning of the word) and therefore French...
That'd be "Gallic" then. Gaelic specifically refers to the language spoken in Irish, Scots or Manx variants.

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davyr wrote:
Snape wrote:Ah yes.... I actually meant Gaelic as in derived from Gaul (the original meaning of the word) and therefore French...
That'd be "Gallic" then. Gaelic specifically refers to the language spoken in Irish, Scots or Manx variants.
Oops - yes. I stand corrected! :oops:
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There's an interview with Bob in this months Coarse Angling Today.

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Bob about to land a 2lb perch from the Royalty when he came down for his 80th birthday trip.
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Very nice DaceAce. :Thumb:
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As you say SK a living legend who I will never tire of talking to.

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Top man indeed :Thumb:

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