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In his book "Gentle regrets", Roger Scruton derives his name from "Scrofa's tun". Isn't that Latin for sow, rather than a Norse personal name as he suggests? The place-name reference books say Skurfa. Furthermore, isn't Skurfa more likely to refer to scabs than dandruff as he claims (cf. scurvy, scruffy)? Should Roger have scrutonized his sources more closely? Keith