2007-03-07 07:46:07 · 9 answers · asked by Jeanne B 1 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music
Southerners, like my folks, were known for using just an intial or two for a name, like my father was called L.V. all his life even though his name was Leamon Virgil. His brother was known as P.T. (short for Paul Thalbert). So I bet the "T" in Ernest T. was just a continuation of that old tradition. Mayberry WAS a fictional town in North Carolina. Too, I can't find any source, at this time, that tells what the "T" stood for in his name. It may have been an old name like Theodore, Thadeus, Thalbert,...
2007-03-07 07:52:24 · answer #1 · answered by HoneyBunny 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Theodore.
2007-03-07 07:54:02 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It looks like the T was a stand-alone part of the moniker.
http://www.ernestt.com/etb.html
2007-03-07 07:58:23 · answer #3 · answered by Fred C 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Tiberius.
2016-07-01 17:56:40 · answer #4 · answered by mark 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am pretty sure that it is Theodore,,,,,,,,
2007-03-07 07:49:16 · answer #5 · answered by fbodell 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
tornatoe
2007-03-07 07:48:50 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
i think tubbs.
2007-03-07 07:59:08 · answer #7 · answered by skibunny402 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
lol
2007-03-07 07:48:37 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Testicles
2007-03-07 07:47:56 · answer #9 · answered by troble # one? 7 · 3⤊ 2⤋