Because I've seen both. Which is the correct one?
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His correct name is Farrokh Bulsara.
Yeah, I know I have seen his name misspelled or printed every which way but loose, but it's Farrokh.
Yeah, I know I have seen his name misspelled or printed every which way but loose, but it's Farrokh.
Thank you. That's what I thought too.
Farrokh according to Freddie's birth certificate:
http://mr-mercury.co.uk/Images/Birthcertificatefreddie.jpg
http://mr-mercury.co.uk/Images/Birthcertificatefreddie.jpg
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Serry... wrote: [/QUOTENAME]Farrokh according to Freddie's birth certificate:
http://mr-mercury.co.uk/Images/Birthcertificatefreddie.jpg[/QUOTE]
*prints* :P
http://mr-mercury.co.uk/Images/Birthcertificatefreddie.jpg[/QUOTE]
*prints* :P
Well....maybe it's a misprint, but I own three boys on Freddie....Queen as it began, written by the fanclubs Jacky Gunn & Jim Jenkins, Rock Lives Queen & Freddie Mercury written by Neville Marten & Jeffrey Hudson, and Mercury and me, written by Jim Hutton with Tim Wapshott.....each book has his name spelled as Farookh......maybe their wrong........? Doubt It!......M.
farrokh
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]chslchs wrote: [/QUOTENAME]Well....maybe it's a misprint, but I own three boys on Freddie....Queen as it began, written by the fanclubs Jacky Gunn & Jim Jenkins, Rock Lives Queen & Freddie Mercury written by Neville Marten & Jeffrey Hudson, and Mercury and me, written by Jim Hutton with Tim Wapshott.....each book has his name spelled as Farookh......maybe their wrong........? Doubt It!......M.[/QUOTE]
In one book it was written as Farookh and later other authors just used this information without checking how does it written.
Check the link before and you'll see Freddie's birth certificate.
In one book it was written as Farookh and later other authors just used this information without checking how does it written.
Check the link before and you'll see Freddie's birth certificate.
It apparently was neither, but Farok - see below:
"Farok Bulsara was not born in Gujarat. Bomi and Jer were travellers and their beloved Freddie-to-be arrived on the East African island of Zanzibar at the government hospital, on September 5, 1946. Bomi worked in the Zanzibar High Court as a cashier. Most biographies of Freddie, say that his given name was Farookh, but it was Farok, insists Roger. Kashmira is a polite and petite Nottingham housewife who looks like Freddie in a wig. Her children look like Freddie as well, and not at all like Roger, who is stocky and blond and works for an airline. The Bulsara genes are clearly made of insistent stuff."
This excerp is from an article called "Star of India" which details Freddie's upbringing, and whose writer personally interviewed all of Freddie's immediate relations for it. The Roger cited is Freddie's sister Kashmira's husband. The article can be found at www.ogre-t-raylot.tk along with many other cool articles. Check it out!
"Farok Bulsara was not born in Gujarat. Bomi and Jer were travellers and their beloved Freddie-to-be arrived on the East African island of Zanzibar at the government hospital, on September 5, 1946. Bomi worked in the Zanzibar High Court as a cashier. Most biographies of Freddie, say that his given name was Farookh, but it was Farok, insists Roger. Kashmira is a polite and petite Nottingham housewife who looks like Freddie in a wig. Her children look like Freddie as well, and not at all like Roger, who is stocky and blond and works for an airline. The Bulsara genes are clearly made of insistent stuff."
This excerp is from an article called "Star of India" which details Freddie's upbringing, and whose writer personally interviewed all of Freddie's immediate relations for it. The Roger cited is Freddie's sister Kashmira's husband. The article can be found at www.ogre-t-raylot.tk along with many other cool articles. Check it out!
I didn't know it was with 2 r's... *takes note*
99% sure it's the simple 'Farok'.
He was born as Farrokh. Before his classmates in India started to call him Freddie, they called him Farookh.
Not to hijack this...what I am about to say is RELEVANT to this debate.
My name is correctly spelled Arlene.
Well, in 44 years of life, every viable..responsible organization from employers, to my College on my OFFICIAL LEGAL transcripts, to the Department of Motor Vehicles, at one time or another...
..has MISSPELLED my name, even though I have always given them the correct spelling.
...Now say I was a rock star (I wish!!!!) and people in the press of biographers got ahold of some of that bogus misspellings..but from what YOU WOULD think are RELIABLE, FACTUAL sources...well then wouldn't they believe that the misspellings were correct?
...As Sergey said...all it takes is ONE major, reliable source who misspelled Freddie's birth name, or even didn't misspel it, but maybe did a TYPO, and if the press of biographer got ahold of that, and then other press and biographers took repeated that information, it's thought to be fact, especially because it's repeated so much and then..in the press and biographies.
My name is correctly spelled Arlene.
Well, in 44 years of life, every viable..responsible organization from employers, to my College on my OFFICIAL LEGAL transcripts, to the Department of Motor Vehicles, at one time or another...
..has MISSPELLED my name, even though I have always given them the correct spelling.
...Now say I was a rock star (I wish!!!!) and people in the press of biographers got ahold of some of that bogus misspellings..but from what YOU WOULD think are RELIABLE, FACTUAL sources...well then wouldn't they believe that the misspellings were correct?
...As Sergey said...all it takes is ONE major, reliable source who misspelled Freddie's birth name, or even didn't misspel it, but maybe did a TYPO, and if the press of biographer got ahold of that, and then other press and biographers took repeated that information, it's thought to be fact, especially because it's repeated so much and then..in the press and biographies.
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Serry... wrote: [/QUOTENAME]Okay. Again.
http://mr-mercury.co.uk/Images/Birthcertificatefreddie.jpg[/QUOTE]
If you take the birth certificate as gospel, then his name was Farrrokh, as there are plainly 3 r's there.
I'm still sticking with Farok, and would recommend that anyone who wants an article packed with inside info from Freddie's family, check out the "Star Of India" article in the Freddie section at www.ogre-t-raylot.tk as this reporter was the first and possibly the only one the Bulsara family met with following Freddie's death. Take it right from the source.
http://mr-mercury.co.uk/Images/Birthcertificatefreddie.jpg[/QUOTE]
If you take the birth certificate as gospel, then his name was Farrrokh, as there are plainly 3 r's there.
I'm still sticking with Farok, and would recommend that anyone who wants an article packed with inside info from Freddie's family, check out the "Star Of India" article in the Freddie section at www.ogre-t-raylot.tk as this reporter was the first and possibly the only one the Bulsara family met with following Freddie's death. Take it right from the source.