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> (which is why there is a BA but not BE, BO, or BU: it would be hard to distinguish BAldwin from BEldwing, BOldwin or BUldwin). But there is a BU, as immortal
by whoopdedo 3y ago
> (which is why there is a BA but not BE, BO, or BU: it would be hard to distinguish BAldwin from BEldwing, BOldwin or BUldwin).
But there is a BU, as immortalized in the Oscar-winning Elizabeth Taylor film "Butterfield 8"
- richardfontana 3y agoMy childhood phone number in Brooklyn was a BU (28) number, though even when I was a child (1970s) the use of letter exchanges was basically a holdover of a more or less dead practice. (But the use of letter exchanges in phone numbers persisted for decades after that in New York City in store signs - I think there are still some in use today.) In Brooklyn, BU stood for "BUckminster". I had this idea that this was connected to there being a "Buckingham Road" and a "Westminster Road" in the area I grew up in (Ditmas Park West and environs) but I'm not sure if that was something I or someone I knew made up. I'm sure it had nothing to do with Buckminster Fuller.