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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: person named after a thing/place #101302 04/22/03 10:42 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 that name has been derived from the name of a place The Origin and Significance of Scottish Surnames refers to names derived from the name of a place as local names. Take away the context and it seems a little inadequate as a descriptive. There doesn't seem to be any specific term in this book for names derived from animals or other things. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted person named after a thing/place anchita 04/21/03 08:28 PM Re: person named after a thing/place Buffalo Shrdlu 04/21/03 08:35 PM Re: person named after a thing/place AnnaStrophic 04/21/03 10:13 PM Re: person named after a thing/place tsuwm 04/21/03 10:19 PM Re: person named after a thing/place Buffalo Shrdlu 04/21/03 10:31 PM Re: person named after a thing/place Faldage 04/22/03 10:06 AM Re: like 'namesake'? AnnaStrophic 04/22/03 11:27 AM Re: like 'namesake'? Faldage 04/22/03 01:32 PM Re: person named after a thing/place tsuwm 04/22/03 01:34 PM Re: person named after a thing/place Faldage 04/22/03 01:41 PM Re: person named after a thing/place tsuwm 04/22/03 01:55 PM Re: person named after a thing/place Faldage 04/22/03 01:57 PM Re: person named after a thing/place tsuwm 04/22/03 02:09 PM Re: person named after a thing/place Faldage 04/22/03 02:26 PM Re: person named after a thing/place Capfka 04/22/03 06:43 PM Can't ... resist ... temptation doc_comfort 04/23/03 03:30 AM Re: person named after a thing/place Faldage 04/22/03 10:42 PM Re: person named after a thing/place WhitmanO'Neill 04/22/03 11:18 PM Re: person named after a thing/place Bingley 04/23/03 03:23 AM Re: person named after a thing/place consuelo 04/23/03 03:28 AM Re: person named after a thing/place WhitmanO'Neill 04/23/03 03:47 AM Re: person named after a thing/place of troy 04/23/03 12:12 PM Re: person named after a thing/place Buffalo Shrdlu 04/23/03 12:52 PM Re: person named after a thing/place maahey 04/23/03 04:00 PM Re: person named after a thing/place Wordwind 04/23/03 08:58 PM Re: person named after a thing/place anchita 04/23/03 09:38 PM Re: person named after a thing/place Faldage 04/23/03 10:50 PM nym-noms Father Steve 04/26/03 09:51 PM Re: nym-noms WhitmanO'Neill 04/26/03 10:54 PM Re: nym-noms Bingley 04/26/03 11:38 PM Re: nym-noms Wordwind 04/26/03 11:44 PM Georgia on my Mind Father Steve 04/27/03 03:27 AM Re: Georgia on my Mind Faldage 04/27/03 12:53 PM Re: Georgia on my Mind Capfka 04/27/03 09:44 PM Re: Georgia on my Mind Faldage 04/27/03 10:00 PM Re: Georgia on my Mind sjm 04/28/03 04:12 AM Re: Georgia on my Mind of troy 04/28/03 11:38 AM Re: Georgia on my Mind of troy 04/28/03 03:42 AM Re: Georgia on my Mind AnnaStrophic 04/29/03 11:40 AM Re: nym-noms sjm 04/26/03 10:57 PM Re: nym-noms Jackie 04/27/03 12:00 AM Re: nym-noms of troy 04/27/03 02:06 AM Carolinians Father Steve 04/27/03 03:22 AM synecdoche wordminstrel 04/23/03 11:38 PM Re:url-nyms Wordwind 04/23/03 11:50 PM Re:url-nyms wordminstrel 04/24/03 12:39 AM Re:url-nyms WhitmanO'Neill 04/24/03 02:27 AM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,368 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 748 guests, and 0 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 30 A C Bowden 21 LukeJavan8 3 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,561 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,919 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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