To The Manor Born

[yansee]

Audrey says the Forbes Hamilton's   have been on their estate for 400 years but her husband Martin was Forbes Hamilton not her family,  can't find what her maiden name was 

[andy-hughes]

There is no contradiction in what is being said.

Audrey was married to a member of the FH family, which makes her a FH as well.

Her connection is by marriage, so if she speaks of the FH family, she is speaking of her family, because she married into it.

Her maiden name is not relevant.

[Old_Geezer]

2nd post ?

 

https://www.filmboards.com/board/t/Richards-wife-1646914/

[Old_Geezer]

Ignore that. Just re-read it.

[douglas9401]

I think there were two 'f's in fforbes.

[Old_Geezer]

Yeah but clearly the registrar must've had a stutter and wrote 'ff' instead of 'F'. (We know because proper nouns don't start with a lower case letter.)

[douglas9401]

A few English names are written with two lowercase "f"s: ffrench, ffoulkes, etc. And according to Wiktionary (e.g. ffrench ) it is from the medieval ages.10 Aug 2019

 

You're wwelcome. :)

[Prudie]

There are 2 fs in Fforbes but no f in cod (well that's what the fishmonger said).

[Old_Geezer]

They probably hadn't formed the rules in medieval times.

[douglas9401]

fformed, shurely. 🤣

[brainiac]

Maybe she's Welsh, so needs the double f to make an F sound

[choux]

Hello, yansee. Hope you continue to enjoy better health now.
Audrey was the type to readily take on all possible advantages of her first marriage, especially the royal-like 'We' :)

[yansee]

Choux I'm fine thanks, I lost two stone being able to exercise again with plenty of walking , haven't felt this fit for years 

[barry1010]

I'm very pleased to know you've made a great recovery, yansee.  

[choux]

yansee, that is brilliant to read, well done sir.