#22901 - 03/16/01 04:31 PM
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You don't hear this much any more, at least in the U.S., which may come from the impetus to avoid sectarianism.
Here also the influx of people from cultures ouside what was once called Christendom has seen "Christian" name replaced with the eminently more sensible "given" name. "Surname" is often now replaced with "family name", recognising that many languages put the the family name first, not last.
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#22902 - 03/17/01 02:05 AM
Common cognomens
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enthusiast
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Do you know what is the most common family name in your country?
In Italy the web page of the telephone company offers - as a game - the possibility of knowing how many telephone users in Italy have a given name.
The most common name is ROSSI = RED(S).
Ciao
Emanuela
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#22904 - 03/18/01 09:33 AM
Re: Common cognomens
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Whatever happened to Jones?
Does this mean that we now have to keep up with the Smiths?
wow
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#22905 - 03/18/01 11:18 AM
Re: Common cognomens
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I believe the most common in Québec are Thibodeau and Roy.
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#22907 - 03/18/01 06:21 PM
Re: Common cognomens
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I believe that Martin is right up there at the top in the US of A.
It seems to be a pretty common surname in many European languages, as well as English. In looking it up, I was surprised to learn that the famous T-72 tank was built by the Martin armaments factory in what was Czechoslovakia. I guess that a name commemorating the god of war is apt for that bellicose continent.
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#22908 - 03/18/01 11:25 PM
Re: Common cognomens
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T-72 tank was built by the Martin armaments factory in what was Czechoslovakia. I guess that a
name commemorating the god of war is apt for that bellicose continent.
Yes, indeed. And here in the USA, we had the Glenn L. Martin Company, which built bombers in WWII, and is now a part of Lockheed/Martin. BTW, any proper Scot will protest the "Lockheed" spelling; the family came here under the surname of Loughead! But, of course, my fellow Americans can't speak anything but American, soooo.....
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#22909 - 03/19/01 12:12 AM
Re: Common cognomens
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My own surname is an extremely common one in English speaking countries, probably almost as common as Martin, yet here in New Zealand, in its population of around 4 million, the only relatives I have who share my surname are my wife, father and stepmother. I am always being told "Oh, you must be related to So-and-So", by people who assume that all who share a common family name must be related.
On an aside, and meaning no disrepect to anybody, would you call a short man who had the surname Martin a martinet?
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