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Pigeon/pidgeon origins?
Now I know the correct spelling for the animal is "pigeon" but I also know that the homonym is sometimes spelled "pidgeon" (e.g. por people's names "Walter Pidgeon"). Any idea why there are these two versions; say different origins?
Thanks
There are quite a few genealogy links for this surname and its variations. One of them is:
http://www.one-name.org/cgi-bin/search.cgi?find=3588
In general, English spelling was not standardized until fairly recently. Shakespeare for example is reputed never to have signed his name with the same spelling twice. Most English names have several spellings.
Walter Pidgeon kissing Gene Tierney