With several concurrent languages, the deterioration of names is an obvious process. Among the mixed population of Baltimore, the name 'Bradley' is to a Frenchman _Bras-de-long_; for 'Strawberry' (alley) and 'Havre-de-grâce' (in Maryland) the Germans say _Strubbel_, and _Hasel-im-gras_; and the Irish make the following changes-- Carron (French) _Scarron_ Coquerelle _Corcoran_ de Vries _Freezer_ Giessen _Gleason_ Grimm _Grimes_ Henning _Hannon_ Rosier _Rosetree_ Schöffeler _Scofield_ van Dendriessche _Driscol_ van Emstede _Hampsted_ Winsiersski _Winchester_ Fayette Street _Faith St._ Alice Ann St. _Alexander St._ Happy Alley _Apple Alley_ A German with a name which could not be appreciated, was called _John Waterhouse_ because he attended a railroad tank--a name which he adopted and placed upon his sign when he subsequently opened a small shop. A German family became ostensibly Irish by preferring the sonant phase of their initial--calling and writing themselves _Grady_ instead of Krady; a name 'Leuter' became _Lander_; 'Amweg' was tried a while as _Amwake_ and then resumed; and in a family record, the name 'George' is given as _Schorts_. A postoffice 'Chickis' (Chikiswalungo--place where crayfish burrow) received a letter directed to _Schickgets_, another _Schickens Laenghaester Caunte_, and 'Berks County' has been spelled _Burgix Caunte_.[77] The following German and Anglicised forms may be compared,--