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Re: What's in a name ?

Dear Editor

In an outstanding piece of medical detective work, Drs Fox, Palmer and Davies lay to rest the widespread myth that bottom shuffling is a dominantly inherited trait with such penetrance that it can be traced back to mediaeval times by simple nomenclature. Thus Shufflebottoms do not bottom-shuffle more than Walkers. Whether it is appropriate for doctors from Luton to be examining such an area of Lancastrian sensitivity is one matter. However, the authors announce their intention to go on to exonerate other nomenclaturely-challenged souls from historical taint.

Am I alone in noticing that the surnames of two of the three authors were associated with cheating and card sharping in years gone by? Surely this warrants a declaration of Conflict of Interest.