#Blessed be the Name

[brucedinsman]

Today's Theme Song: Blessed be the Name of the Lord

Artist: Newsboys album: “Devotion” (2004) “Blessed Be Your Name” Blessed be Your nameIn the land that is plentifulWhere your streams of abundance flowBlessed be Your name And blessed be Your nameWhen I’m found in the desert placeThough I walk through the wildernessBlessed be Your name [Pre-Chorus:]Every blessing You pour outI’ll turn back to praiseWhen the darkness closes in, LordStill I will…

[nosnexus]

I hate Kipperlilly - but this level of nickname shenanigans would have killed me on the spot in high school

[mochipong]

You, and not the state of you

[aunmenosheteroenespanol]

2.12 Chimney Begins - 2.09 Hen Begins - 2.16 Bobby Begins Again - 7.04 Buck, Bothered and Bewildered

Tommy's family arc

[blessyouhawkeye]

anne rice has been in the ground for nine whole months and they've already got louis and lestat rawdogging on tv did they greenlight that the second her heart stopped or what

[yeoldenews]

While we’re on the subject of names, is there an explanation for how traditional nicknames came about that are seemingly unrelated to, or have little in common with, the original name?

ie- John/Jack, Richard/Dick, Henry/Harry/Hank, Charles/Chuck, Margaret/Peggy/Daisy, Sarah/Sally, Mary/Molly, Anne/Nan, etc

I am actually over a week into researching a huge follow-up post (probably more than one if I’m being honest) about the history of nickname usage, so I will be going into this in much, much more detail at a hopefully not-so-later date - if I have not lost my mind. (Two days ago I spent three hours chasing down a source lead that turned out to be a typographical error from 1727 that was then quoted in source after source for the next 150 years.)

As a preview though, here’s some info about the names you mentioned:

The origins of a good portion of common English nicknames come down to the simple fact that people really, really like rhyming things. Will 🠞Bill, Rob🠞Bob, Rick🠞Dick, Meg🠞Peg.

It may seem like a weird reason, but how many of you have known an Anna/Hannah-Banana? I exclusively refer to my Mom’s cat as Toes even though her name is Moe (Moesie-Toesies 🠞 Toesies 🠞 Toes).

Jack likely evolved from the use of the Middle English diminutive suffix “-chen” - pronounced (and often spelled) “-kyn” or “kin”. The use of -chen as a diminutive suffix still endures in modern German - as in “liebchen” = sweetheart (lieb “love” + -chen).

John (Jan) 🠞 Jankin 🠞 Jackin 🠞 Jack.

Hank was also originally a nickname for John from the same source. I and J were not distinct letters in English until the 17th Century. “Iankin” would have been nearly indistinguishable in pronunciation from “Hankin” due to H-dropping. It’s believed to have switched over to being a nickname for Henry in early Colonial America due to the English being exposed to the Dutch nickname for Henrik - “Henk”.

Harry is thought to be a remnant of how Henry was pronounced up until the early modern era. The name was introduced to England during the Norman conquest as the French Henri (On-REE). The already muted nasal n was dropped in the English pronunciation. With a lack of standardized spelling, the two names were used interchangeably in records throughout the middle ages. So all the early English King Henrys would have written their name Henry and pronounced it Harry.

Sally and Molly likely developed simply because little kids can’t say R’s or L’s. Mary 🠞 Mawy 🠞 Molly. Sary 🠞 Sawy 🠞 Sally.

Daisy became a nickname for Margaret because in French garden daisies are called marguerites.

Nan for Anne is an example of a very cool linguistic process called rebracketing, where two words that are often said/written together transfer letters/morphemes over time. The English use of “an” instead of “a” before words beginning with vowels is a common cause of rebracketing. For example: the Middle English “an eute” became “a newt”, and “a napron” became “an apron”. In the case of nicknames the use of the archaic possessive “mine” is often the culprit. “Mine Anne” over time became “My Nan” as “mine” fell out of use. Ned and Nell have the same origin.

Oddly enough the word “nickname” is itself a result of rebracketing, from the Middle English “an eke (meaning additional) name”.

I realized earlier this week that my cat (Toe’s sister) also has a rebracketing nickname. Her name is Mina, but I call her Nom Nom - formed by me being very annoying and saying her name a bunch of time in a row - miNAMiNAMiNAM.

Chuck is a very modern (20th century) nickname which I’ll have to get back to you on as I started my research in the 16th century and am only up to the 1810s so far lol.

[cakewentmissing]

they're so silly. Literally enemies to lovers. They're so real

[kairennart]

Gwen <3 for @not-rome

[lazylittledragon]

omg please give us more kit content he is so so cute 😭😭😭 how old is he?? is he a dhampir?? WHY IS HE SO CUTE

he’s just a BABBY

he’s sort of just Ambiguous Child but i draw him maybe 4-6? and he would be a dhampir!! i need to look into the Lore so i can draw more of him

[lazycranberrydoodles]

[tempo-takoyaki]

Heaven Official’s Blessing except I haven’t read the book, remember nothing of the donghua, and saw a few spoilers.

Part 10! What a milestone! This comic was supposed to be a quick fun thing to do during summer vacations, and yet, here we are, almost 4 months later and going strong. Thank you all so much for your support!

As always, please, no spoilers in the replies or in the reblogs. I read all the tags, and I intend on reading the novels once I’m done with this serie. In this case, a spoiler would mean any sorts of correction regarding what I’ve put in this comic: I know I’m wrong, this is the point of this serie. (Character’s name or role in the story counts as well.) This includes spoilers from the donghua too! I haven't watched the new season.

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[brucedinsman]

Today's Theme Song: Blessed be the Name of the Lord

Artist: Newsboys album: “Devotion” (2004) “Blessed Be Your Name” Blessed be Your nameIn the land that is plentifulWhere your streams of abundance flowBlessed be Your name And blessed be Your nameWhen I’m found in the desert placeThough I walk through the wildernessBlessed be Your name [Pre-Chorus:]Every blessing You pour outI’ll turn back to praiseWhen the darkness closes in, LordStill I will…

[terristre]

[mmagurro]

🥩🍃

[shining-magically]

I ' m s o l u c k y .

ELEMENTAL (2023) | Dir. Peter Sohn

[that-guy-morg]

“Coffee?”

I’m downright shocked that Sanuso isn’t more popular because I’ve just finished Sabaody and they have????? So much chemistry????? They’re delightful oh my goodness they are delightful!!

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