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Started by Ed Anger, February 13, 2013, 09:27:01 AM

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merithyn

Quote from: Admiral Yi on February 17, 2014, 05:22:18 PM
Quote from: merithyn on February 17, 2014, 05:18:02 PM
So it wasn't real for the first couple of centuries? What was it then?

Typically an occupation or a birth place.

Not all last names were occupations or places of birth. Or even the names of their fathers, or descriptions.

All names were made up at some point.
Yesterday, upon the stair,
I met a man who wasn't there
He wasn't there again today
I wish, I wish he'd go away...

garbon

Quote from: Ed Anger on February 17, 2014, 07:40:14 PM
Quote from: Razgovory on February 17, 2014, 07:37:39 PM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on February 17, 2014, 06:25:01 PM
I would hold it open for you, my little Nubian princess.

He's only black in February.  Next month he'll be Filipino or something.

He can be a genderfluid half elf archer if he wants to.

Hey now. <_<
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Ed Anger

I thought I was being supportive.
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garbon

"I've never been quite sure what the point of a eunuch is, if truth be told. It seems to me they're only men with the useful bits cut off."
I drank because I wanted to drown my sorrows, but now the damned things have learned to swim.

Valmy

Quote from: merithyn on February 17, 2014, 07:48:17 PM
Not all last names were occupations or places of birth. Or even the names of their fathers, or descriptions.

All names were made up at some point.

Yeah but all the best ones were.  Like Eric Bloodaxe.  I would definitely have taken his daughter's name.
Quote"This is a Russian warship. I propose you lay down arms and surrender to avoid bloodshed & unnecessary victims. Otherwise, you'll be bombed."

Zmiinyi defenders: "Russian warship, go fuck yourself."

merithyn

Quote from: Valmy on February 17, 2014, 08:06:42 PM
Quote from: merithyn on February 17, 2014, 07:48:17 PM
Not all last names were occupations or places of birth. Or even the names of their fathers, or descriptions.

All names were made up at some point.

Yeah but all the best ones were.  Like Eric Bloodaxe.  I would definitely have taken his daughter's name.

I found a 13th-century last name from England that was Aldinoch. It means "old enough". :lol:
Yesterday, upon the stair,
I met a man who wasn't there
He wasn't there again today
I wish, I wish he'd go away...

Jacob

Quote from: Valmy on February 17, 2014, 08:06:42 PM
Quote from: merithyn on February 17, 2014, 07:48:17 PM
Not all last names were occupations or places of birth. Or even the names of their fathers, or descriptions.

All names were made up at some point.

Yeah but all the best ones were.  Like Eric Bloodaxe.  I would definitely have taken his daughter's name.

Pretty sure "Bloodaxe" was a byname, not a family name.

CountDeMoney

Ed should go by his old Sioux name, Stands With Child With Child.

Ed Anger

Quote from: CountDeMoney on February 17, 2014, 08:13:10 PM
Ed should go by his old Sioux name, Stands With Child With Child.

:lol:
Stay Alive...Let the Man Drive

Malthus

Quote from: Valmy on February 17, 2014, 08:06:42 PM
Quote from: merithyn on February 17, 2014, 07:48:17 PM
Not all last names were occupations or places of birth. Or even the names of their fathers, or descriptions.

All names were made up at some point.

Yeah but all the best ones were.  Like Eric Bloodaxe.  I would definitely have taken his daughter's name.

If your father in law was nicknamed "Bloodaxe", you'd probably take whatever name he wanted you to take.  :lol:
The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane—Marcus Aurelius

Valmy

Quote from: Jacob on February 17, 2014, 08:11:59 PM
Pretty sure "Bloodaxe" was a byname, not a family name.

Yeah that was long before family names.  Too bad.  There could be thousands of people in England now with names like 'Oliver Boneless'.
Quote"This is a Russian warship. I propose you lay down arms and surrender to avoid bloodshed & unnecessary victims. Otherwise, you'll be bombed."

Zmiinyi defenders: "Russian warship, go fuck yourself."

Valmy

Quote from: Malthus on February 18, 2014, 11:00:33 AM
If your father in law was nicknamed "Bloodaxe", you'd probably take whatever name he wanted you to take.  :lol:

Right?  :ph34r:
Quote"This is a Russian warship. I propose you lay down arms and surrender to avoid bloodshed & unnecessary victims. Otherwise, you'll be bombed."

Zmiinyi defenders: "Russian warship, go fuck yourself."

Eddie Teach

Quote from: Malthus on February 18, 2014, 11:00:33 AM
If your father in law was nicknamed "Bloodaxe", you'd probably take whatever name he wanted you to take.  :lol:

Only if you're a ninny who isn't good enough for his daughter.  :P
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