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The French can claim the distinction of having the shortest surname in the world. It is “o,”' and is quite common in Paris. A Madame Theresa 0 was for many years the proprietress of a Parisian cafe. “0” is also the name of a village in Normandy, and at one time the chateau was occupied by the Marquis d’O ! . _ . , The next shortest surname is Irish—“Ek.” In Sweden an explorer, wellknown in his day, was named John Ek. One of his descendants, named Eda Ek, could probably claim that she had the shortest names in the world. Of towns with short names, there are “A” in Sweden and “U” in the Chinese province of Honan. There is also, in another province, a village with the name of “Y.” In Europe there ai '° several rivers named “Aa,” but the palm, geographically, must be given to “Y,” a small bay in the Zuydcr Zee. In England there are many three-let-ter names. In tho churchyard round a ruined Dorset church there are gravestones erected in memeory of members of a family named It.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIV, 20 March 1930, Page 10
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