In my county there’s a village named Van —–. I think that if my name had a Van or equivalent, and someone proposed to name a town for me, I’d prefer they drop the particle.<\/p>\n
On another hand, Jan van Steenbergen has said he finds it odd to be referred to as “Steenbergen”.<\/p>\n
An old book on place-names mentions a patch of London that has (or had) a street for every word of the former owner’s peerage title(s), including Of Alley.<\/p>\n
(Websearch for “Couver” turns up only the French verb.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
In my county there’s a village named Van —–. I think that if my name had a Van or equivalent, and someone proposed to name a town for me, I’d prefer they drop the particle. On another hand, Jan van … Continue reading