What’s in a name?

Sir, – Regarding Frank McNally’s question about personal surnames which have become verbs in the English language, what about William Henry Hoover (1849-1932)?

Here in Ireland, we do not vacuum, we hoover. – Yours, etc,

PÁDRAIC HARVEY,

An Cheathrú Rua,

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