Re: Names...

> From: William Henry Timmins [email removed]
> Subject: (2871) RE: (2868) Names
>
> I doubt manager, chairman (person?), or president will become last names.

  Ok, chairsophont then:)

> You're missing an important point: those last names came out of the
> practice of naming people by profession, ie- John the Archer, Lars the
> Smith, and Tim the Enchanter :)

  Well, that is true for Margaret the Thatcher but not Bengt the Baron or
Stephen the King. At the time people were named by profession, the average
king would have taken a very dim view on any and all Stephens calling themselves
'King':)

  And there are families where the title of, for example president, seems to
be passed down as if inherited.

> - -Me
> [Pooh Bear incarnate.]

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