The Archive · 1938

Education a Humorist

A woman teacher who corresponded with the Board of Education at Whitehall concerning her superannuation payment was careless about the use of her Christian name. She received the following letter from the Board:

Dear Madame:—The Secretary is directed to point out that on the birth certificate you forwarded to the Board your name is given as "Nine" while on forms sent to the Board on is variously quoted as "Annie" "Nane" "Nancy"

ino" "Annie Nancy" "Nine Nane" "Nancy no" and "Nane Anni The Secretary is ed to inquire by what name precisely it is on desire to be known to the Board.

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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