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highlyeccentricElijah Bob Patricius Guggi Q (son of Bono and Ali Hewson)
nuff said.
on the bright side, have decided it is acceptable to name my son, should i ever have one, Finn. But not, as my father suggested, Finn McCumhail *Surname*, because McCumhail sounds too much like a McAdjective-Meal.
nuff said.
on the bright side, have decided it is acceptable to name my son, should i ever have one, Finn. But not, as my father suggested, Finn McCumhail *Surname*, because McCumhail sounds too much like a McAdjective-Meal.
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Date: 2006-05-29 11:24 am (UTC)He attended Mount Temple Comprehensive School, a mixed faith (both Protestant and Catholic) school, which was the first of its kind in Dublin. It was there that he acquired the nickname "Bono Vox of O'Connell St."
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His nickname "Bono Vox" – usually shortened to "Bono" – is an alteration of Bona Vox, a brand of hearing aid for which the Latin translates to "good voice". Bono was given the moniker by his mates because it was the name of a shop or a hearing aid company's advert they regularly passed on North Earl Street, just off O'Connell Street, in Dublin or on the corner of Dame Street and South Great Georges Street in Dublin's city centre. A different theory says he was nicknamed after a hearing aid shop by his friend Gavin Friday because he sang so loudly he seemed to be singing for the deaf. Initially, Bono did not like his new nickname. However, when he learned it could be translated to "good voice", he accepted it. "Bono Vox" literally means "The voice to the good man", Vox, the subject and Bono, the indirect object.
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Date: 2006-05-29 11:33 am (UTC)