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I wasn't precluding that, Mike. I was just keen that we didn't give the impression that it would have been commonplace for East End prostitutes to adopt "exotic" names, or even to change their names at all. As we know, most of them were "ordinary" women who resorted to casual prostitution now and then. Even East Enders who resorted to it more frequently were hardly glamorous enough to warrant a nom du sexe, unlike - perhaps - their counterparts in the West End, where the "upclass" brothels were to be found.
I was saving this for further down the path, but what about "Marie Jeanette"?
LVP = "Late Victorian Period" - a vernacular expression of the latter half of the 19th Century, meaning "an early sign of a possible pregnancy"
Gareth is a genius. Boy there are some clever people posting on this message board but Gareth's so sharp he should be added to the list of Ripper suspects. Although I guess it would make him about 150.
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