Sir, – Regarding Frank McNally’s question about personal surnames which have become verbs in the English language, what about William Henry Hoover (1849-1932)?
Here in Ireland, we do not vacuum, we hoover. – Yours, etc,
PÁDRAIC HARVEY,
An Cheathrú Rua,
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