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[Opinions] agree ...
Supposedly Wiliam Shakespeare himself couldn't settle on any one spelling of his own name.And that's also how "Brain" makes it onto some mid-20th-century popularity lists. Obviously those fellas were all Brian.
At least, I hope nobody ever did name their kid Brain.Before you criticize a man, walk a mile in his shoes. That way, when you criticize him, you're a mile away and you have his shoes!
Steve Martin

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My apologies for lacking clairvoyancy and not knowing all of the facts hundreds of years into the past in a time where standardized spellings were non-existent. 🙄🙄🙄
no need for the attitude ...No personal criticism was intended by either me or CKE.
Can we not just have some fun without some being like "oh my word! How could you not triple or quadruple check this name from someone born in 1562?! Most unorthodox!* *sips tea haughtily*
Well it sure presented that way so perhaps you should reconsider your approaches