tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post3388981259688783327..comments2024-03-23T12:38:46.260+00:00Comments on The History Girls: What's in a Name ? by Judith AllnattMary Hoffmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06241989732624913706noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-23848821955526686092020-06-18T10:17:25.042+01:002020-06-18T10:17:25.042+01:00Fascinating, Judith - thank you. I really enjoyed ...Fascinating, Judith - thank you. I really enjoyed this. Your choice of the name 'Septimus Fowler' sounds just right! I was interested to learn about the role of suffixes and that they can also imply gender.<br /><br />In one of my classes, we are currently reading Homer's Iliad and we are constantly amused by his choice of names, even for the minor characters. We have just met Tychios, 'the best of the workers in leather'. His Greek name means literally 'Maker'. Likewise, Tekton, son of Harmon 'had the skill in his hands to make all things of craft'. His name translates as 'Carpenter' son of 'Fitter'. <br /><br />So the invention of names has been a writer's and poet's trick since ancient times, it seems! But your blog has started me thinking about the names of everyone I know - I wonder what hidden talents I might discover among them...Caroline K. Mackenziehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10689485624657486564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-81829898269157018912020-06-14T22:57:07.459+01:002020-06-14T22:57:07.459+01:00Susan, Thanks for your comment. You have a point !...Susan, Thanks for your comment. You have a point !<br /> I must admit I was also a little wary of using it as there are families in the village that go back generations so it might have been a bit insensitive.J. Allnatthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03233019909812773957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-55936363742572959422020-06-12T11:58:21.414+01:002020-06-12T11:58:21.414+01:00I enjoyed this but, sorry -- at the present time, ...I enjoyed this but, sorry -- at the present time, 'John English' seems a perfect name for a character 'who was to cruelly exploit and mistreat his workforce.' Pretty much always has been.<br />But then, my family names are Price (Welsh), Savage (Irish), Hanley (Irish) and Wheeler (English) so maybe I'm biased.<br /> Susan Pricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07738737493756183909noreply@blogger.com