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marzipanandminutiae · 2 years

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slightly related to the “old vs modern names” topic: today I met someone named Judys. Like Judas from the Bible, with a Y. I am confused and delighted.

That is MARVELOUSLY unhinged

I, too, find this delightful

#ask #ohmyoverland #names #once I found a 1911 census from a family named Holmes #with sons called Sherlock and Mycroft #Obnoxious Fandom Parents: the early years #my favorite family name belongs to my great-great-great-great-grandmother Roena #all the rest of her siblings are things like Mary and John #and she was born before Ivanhoe's publication so #her parents- Massachusetts farmers in the late 18th century -were like #'yes let's name our kid after a Saxon princess famous for tempting men to their doom with her Wiles'#and then IMMEDIATELY Found Jesus or whatever

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