There appears to be a contestant on this week's Brain of Britain called 'Mr By-The-Way'. Which is surely a character in a Dickens novel, not a real name?
As you yourself indicated, this is a hyphenated name. He must be the son of Mr. By, The-By - formerly U Ba-Thet-Ba (= Thursday, Calm Thursday) of Myanmar (http://www.myanmars.net/myanmar-culture/myanmar-naming-system.htm), - and of Miss Reta Way, probably of the US (http://www.thinkbabynames.com/meaning/0/Reta).
By the way, did you catch his first name? Is it Scott, btw?
Not apropos of this at all, you and I are both on the Yuletide roundup today - I am saving your Little Women story to read when I've finished tidying under the bed. It makes me look forward to the whole thing cranking up again come October, or whenever it is.
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Date: 2008-09-15 07:19 pm (UTC)By the way, did you catch his first name? Is it Scott, btw?
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