"Postlethwayt", is that an actual name or not?
"Postlethwayt", is that an actual name or not?
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"thwayt" is an unusual spelling, but Postlethwaite is certainly a real name - Pete Postlethwaite was in The Usual Suspects
8 0 ReplyPete Postlethwayt was a great actor from Liverpool
5 0 ReplyIt sounds more Welsh than Liverpoolian....
4 0 ReplyNot enough consonants to be welsh, "thwaite" is a distinctly northern english word descended from the old norse for meadow.
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I used to know a Dr Thistlethwaite, so Postlethwayt/-thwaite doesn't seem strange to me.
5 0 ReplyYeah, Pete Postlewait is an awesome character actor with a lot of range and credits in a lot of brilliant movies.
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