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QR1:  Max Cunat (FRA) UNR vs (q14) Ying Hou UNR

QR1:  (q6) Millen Hurrion WR 1427 (CH = 1225 in February last year) vs BYE

Ryan Storrie should be in the main draw.  It's been a while since I last saw his name mentioned.



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QR1:  Max Cunat (FRA) UNR defeated (q14) Ying Hou UNR by 3 & 2  cry



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FQR:  (q6) Millen Hurrion WR 1427 vs (q10) Luca Sanchez (FRA) WR 2048 (CH = 1875 in January)



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FQR:  (q6) Millen Hurrion WR 1439 defeated (q10) Luca Sanchez (FRA) WR 2058 by 4 & 5



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Well done, Millen.

Good to make the MD in a 25k

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Coup Droit wrote:

Well done, Millen.

Good to make the MD in a 25k

Do you know anything about his background, CD?  The linguist in me is intrigued by the name.



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Stircrazy wrote:
Coup Droit wrote:

Well done, Millen.

Good to make the MD in a 25k

Do you know anything about his background, CD?  The linguist in me is intrigued by the name.

 Not much but I know what you mean, an intriguing name  

I know he comes from Devon (ish) way. But that's all, I'm afraid. 



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Cheers.  Have since had a bit of a dig & came across this for the surname & this for the first (we can hardly call it a Christian!) name, so both are apparently kosher British names, with the latter arguably attributable to parental whim, though if he's from the west country, it's conceivably a popular name for a boy in that part of the world, not that I've ever come across it before.  



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Thanks. I rather like the surname info - rather ancient, and Games of Throne like

I mean, pre-Roman?

I guess Millen as in Miller is reasonable enough (if you must). Bit like Taylor as a first name?

Don't like what are basically surnames being used as first names though....







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Thanks. I rather like the surname info - rather ancient, and Games of Throne like

I mean, pre-Roman?

I guess Millen as in Miller is reasonable enough (if you must). Bit like Taylor as a first name?

Don't like what are basically surnames being used as first names though....

The Game of Thrones allusion is lost on me, as I've never seen so much as a short clip from it.  Not remotely interested in that fantasy rubbish!

Likewise, though I kind of like Stuart (as opposed to Stewart) & find names such as Duncan & Cameron more acceptable than the mindless, preposterous names with which "celebs" lumber their offspring & set off a craze among new parents.  Mind you, from what I can tell, Game of Thrones also has a lot to answer for on that score...



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Having refused for two years, elder child-who-is-not-a-child persuaded me to give Game of Thrones a try, with a positive attitude (not the 'OK, but I know I'm going to hate it..... :) )
And I liked it, got quite into it in fact

Interesting that the three names you chose as examples are all Scottish - I hate Murray as a first name, for instance.

But, yes, they're better than deliberately calling your child a tailor or a miller

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English: from Middle English milne, adjectival form of mille 'mill', or perhaps a topographic name for someone living in a lane leading to a mill, from Middle English mille, milne 'mill' + lane, lone 'lane'. ...

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Surely one of the reasons for choosing a first name is to distinguish one person from another and so the bigger the variety the better - I would have found it so useful when I was a teacher when I used to get 3 or 4 children with the same trendy first name in a class, so I'm all in favour of these different names!

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I've nothing against unusual names. As you say, I like the variety. And it would be very grey if we were all called Mary and David.

But I still don't like Miller and Taylor (say) as first names (too prosaic) and am not a fan of daft (IMHO) names like River and Winter. Truly don't understand calling a little girl India or Chelsea.

What's wrong with Cordelia? Or Theodoricus?



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Stircrazy wrote:
Coup Droit wrote:

Well done, Millen.

Good to make the MD in a 25k

Do you know anything about his background, CD?  The linguist in me is intrigued by the name.

 Dont know much about the origins of his name, but he is definitely from the SE, maybe Dorset area? Remember sitting near his dad at a tournament years ago, one of the super chatty tennis parents, literally didnt stop talking. Has a younger sister Sophie (?)  who also used to play. Millen is another of our Brits who went to college,  originally at Gardener-Webb then transferred to Kentucky Junior year. Think he must be staying for a 5th year at U.K.

https://ukathletics.com/sports/mens-tennis/roster/millen-hurrion/9007



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