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  2. Pommie Mbangwa - Wikipedia

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    Mpumelelo "Pommie" Mbangwa (born 26 June 1976) is a Zimbabwean cricket commentator and former cricketer. [1] A right-arm fast bowler, he played 15 Test matches and 29 One Day Internationals for Zimbabwe between 1996 and 2002. [2]

  3. Glossary of names for the British - Wikipedia

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    The German, [24] the French and the British Commonwealth armies used the name "Tommy" for British soldiers. "Tommy" is derived from the name "Tommy Atkins" which had been used as a generic name for a soldier for many years (and had been used as an example name on British Army registration forms). The precise origin is the subject of some debate ...

  4. Ten Pound Poms - Wikipedia

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    Adult migrants were charged only ten pounds sterling for the fare [4] (hence the name; in 1945 pounds, equivalent to £545 in 2023), and migrant scheme children travelled free of charge. It was a follow-on to the unofficial Big Brother Movement and attracted more than a million migrants from the British Isles between 1945 and 1972.

  5. List of pen names - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of pen names used by notable authors of written work. A pen name or nom de plume is a pseudonym adopted by an author.A pen name may be used to make the author' name more distinctive, to disguise the author's gender, to distance the author from their other works, to protect the author from retribution for their writings, to combine more than one author into a single author, or ...

  6. The Pillsbury Doughboy has an actual name and you've ... - AOL

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    The Pillsbury Doughboy has a name -- and you've probably never even heard it before. The cheerful mascot made his debut in a television commercial that aired on November 7, 1965.

  7. Oprah wasn't always Oprah: Her birth name revealed - AOL

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    Oprah Winfrey is a household name,but it turns out "Oprah" is not her real name. A little known fact about the 61-year-old media mogul -- her family wanted to give her a Biblical name, so they ...

  8. List of Gilmore Girls characters - Wikipedia

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    The name "Helen Pai" is an anagram for the band name "Hep Alien," tying together the real-life influence and creative aspects of the character's development on the show. [ 13 ] Marty

  9. List of High School Musical characters - Wikipedia

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    In the end, she casts them as the leads. In High School Musical 3: Senior Year, Ms. Darbus submits Troy's name for a scholarship to the Juilliard School without his knowledge. Ms. Darbus is portrayed by Alyson Reed in the films. Lisa Montez is the single mother of Gabriella Montez. Gabriella has stated that she and her mother relocated several ...