Talk:Dottie Thomas

"Monicker?"
Given that one of the major uses of this is a criminal alias, is this the word wanted? Also, I can see remarkably little use of it except in obits, which appear to have been copied from each other. Any earlie? usage? Anmccaff (talk) 22:20, 19 February 2016 (UTC)
 * Yes the original use seems to have been someone who said "if he's the father of.... then she's the mother..." I think it's in one of the references. All the best: Rich Farmbrough, 22:43, 19 February 2016 (UTC).


 * Thee it is. We should be able to find uses of it prior to her death.  All the best: Rich Farmbrough, 22:48, 19 February 2016 (UTC).


 * And here is a cite from 1991. https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=ZtUDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA11&dq=%22mother+of+bone+marrow%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiNnZXJ9ITLAhVHjg8KHQUTC8sQ6AEIJjAA#v=onepage&q=%22mother%20of%20bone%20marrow%22&f=false
 * All the best: Rich Farmbrough, 22:49, 19 February 2016 (UTC).


 * But again it all is based on that GS quote, perhaps we should make that explicit. All the best: Rich Farmbrough, 22:51, 19 February 2016 (UTC).


 * Yup. This wasn't a common nickname, something people used frequently.  And it wasn't found on Post Office walls, either, so I suspect "moniker's" other implications aren't intended.  A Shelta etymology usually isn't a good sign.  Anmccaff (talk) 23:04, 19 February 2016 (UTC)

Dates
It would be good to establish the timeline a little more clearly - it is interwoven with Don's and I have managed to correct a few things that disagree with the sources, but it is not clear when Don graduated, or when he "got" his lab - is this the hospital appointment? and did she join him straight away? All the best: Rich Farmbrough, 13:42, 21 February 2016 (UTC).