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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 3 of 3 1 2 3 Re: People's names #73080 06/18/02 07:08 AM Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 148 Melbourne, Aus A alexis OP member OP alexis member A Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 148 Melbourne, Aus OH. Thanks for the info on Quisling. Interesting that he didn't come up in the subjects I did on WWII... maybe he was mentioned briefly... although come to think of it, Scandinavia seems to get left out of a lot of general Euro history, which seems a bit unfair to me. Did someone already mention John Hancock for signature? (How sad that I know that, about US history, and not about Quisling... ah, the holes in my education!) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: People's names #73081 06/19/02 09:29 PM Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 475 manchester uk D dodyskin addict dodyskin addict D Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 475 manchester uk heather, rowan, lily, poppy, daisy, etc are all names, and in english a hell of a lot of surnames are words as well, as covered extensively: fletcher, archer, thatcher, miller, baker, butcher, smith, i could go on but even i get the drift. perhaps more interesting are words like hooker, originally a rug maker and now a prostitute and all because of a famous general. can anyone add to this example? words that have changed their meaning because of a well known person? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: People's names #73082 06/19/02 10:16 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 W wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 Dear dodyskin: in High School I knew a guy so handsome he got teased because his name was "Flower". Many years later I found out that this meant the same thing as "Fletcher" but was much older. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: People's names #73083 06/19/02 10:40 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 618 Australia D doc_comfort addict doc_comfort addict D Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 618 Australia ...meant the same thing as "Fletcher" but was much older. Leave me out of this. I didn't even know the guy. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: People's names #73084 06/19/02 10:51 PM Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 475 manchester uk D dodyskin addict dodyskin addict D Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 475 manchester uk beauty's a flower, but love is the jewel that wins the world Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Page 3 of 3 1 2 3 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 Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,915 Posts229,892 Members9,197 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Bill_L, achz, MAGNVSTALSMA, Burlyfish, Renegade98 9,197 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 331 guests, and 1 robot. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) A C Bowden 29 wofahulicodoc 23 LukeJavan8 3 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,893 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,947 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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