Shirley

Shirley

Shirley may refer to:
*Shirley (name), either a given name or a surname

Places

;United Kingdom
*Shirley, Derbyshire, England
*Shirley, Hampshire, a district of Southampton, England
*Shirley, London (London Borough of Croydon, England)
*Shirley, West Midlands, England

;United States
*Shirley, Arkansas
*Shirley, Indiana
*Shirley, Massachusetts
*Shirley, New York
*Shirley, Maine

;New Zealand
*Shirley, New Zealand, a suburb of Christchurch

;Canada
*Shirleys Bay in the Ottawa River, Ontario

Other uses

*Shirley & Company, a 1970s disco group
*"Shirley's World", a 1971 sitcom
*Shirley Institute, a cotton and textile research centre in Manchester
*"Shirley" (novel), an 1849 novel by Charlotte Brontë.

In Humor

*The popular comedy film Airplane! used the homophones "Shirley" and "surely" to create comedic effect, with the conversational exchange between two male characters: "Surely you can't be serious," and "I am serious, and don't call me Shirley." The latter quote is now on the American Film Institute's list: AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movie Quotes.


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