The name 'Kirrin'
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Re: The name 'Kirrin'
I don't I will be an administrator on here. You're more likely.
Abi.
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I magine a new famous five film starting with George saying...
" My name is Kirrin.....George Kirrin" and asking for a Ginger
Beer "shaken but not stirred"!
" My name is Kirrin.....George Kirrin" and asking for a Ginger
Beer "shaken but not stirred"!
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Does the name Kirrin really exist? - is it a real name in the real world? - or did Enid Blyton make it up?
I've certainly never heard of anyone with this name - the closest I can think of was an Australian politician called John Kerin.
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I've certainly never heard of anyone with this name - the closest I can think of was an Australian politician called John Kerin.
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Google tells me there are a handful of people with Kirrin as their first name. The top results are all about the Famous Five though.
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If you look on Facebook, you'll find some fake Famous Five profiles, but also quite some real people with the surname Kirrin - Laurence, Becky, Julianna...
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See the first name?
See the first name?
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Well, how about the name came from Quentin's side but when he married he gave the Island to Aunt Fanny?
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The books do say that Kirrin Island, Kirrin Cottage, Kirrin Farm etc have been in Fanny's family for years though.
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I think that they Aunt Fanny are very distant relatives.
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Still trialling other writers, but will eventually go back to reading a bit of Blyton! Just too many books...
Occasionally will pop in! xx
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Occasionally will pop in! xx
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Hmmmm.... It's a tricky one.
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Amazing! I wonder if SI has a theory on this?RunrigNutter wrote:See the first name?
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Kirrin is obviously a local name in the same way as my wife's
relative - Livermore - is common in the Sidmouth area of
Devon. Some of the Livermores were rich and others were
very poor - they were not directly related.
relative - Livermore - is common in the Sidmouth area of
Devon. Some of the Livermores were rich and others were
very poor - they were not directly related.
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I think it was just an honest mistake on Enid Blyton's part!
She made a few of these 'name' inconsistencies - sometimes even with the same book (Alf/James?); Joan/Joanna, and of course, this one, although it was several books, and years, apart when the error occurred. Also with all the other series of books being written concurrently, I guess it's not too surprising! I wonder if she ever drew up a basic family tree for her family groupings in the varying book series?
Oh well, I guess it's just one of things, and doesn't detract from the books particularly; in fact, I'll be honest, I don't think I'd noticed until first reading about it on-line a few years back!!
She made a few of these 'name' inconsistencies - sometimes even with the same book (Alf/James?); Joan/Joanna, and of course, this one, although it was several books, and years, apart when the error occurred. Also with all the other series of books being written concurrently, I guess it's not too surprising! I wonder if she ever drew up a basic family tree for her family groupings in the varying book series?
Oh well, I guess it's just one of things, and doesn't detract from the books particularly; in fact, I'll be honest, I don't think I'd noticed until first reading about it on-line a few years back!!
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Quentin and Julian's dad are brothers are they not? So Julian and Dick etc should be called Kirrin too. But isnt there surname given as Barnard or Bernard in one of the later books?
My theory is that Quentin agreed to give up his name in order to marry Fanny & get his hands on the Kirrin estate.
By the time the first book starts Quentin's secret opium and gambling habits have reduced the family fortune to pennies, hence the need for the kids to find some gold....
My theory is that Quentin agreed to give up his name in order to marry Fanny & get his hands on the Kirrin estate.
By the time the first book starts Quentin's secret opium and gambling habits have reduced the family fortune to pennies, hence the need for the kids to find some gold....