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Nominative predeterminism?

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[-] PeriodicallyPedantic@lemmy.ca 4 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

That doesn't really make it any less crazy.

Imagine working at a smithy called Smiths run by Joe Smith, who is a Smith. That's at least as wild.
It's so on the nose that if you read it in a book you'd roll your eyes and call it lazy writing

[-] ryathal@sh.itjust.works 9 points 4 days ago

That's actually the origin of several last names like Smith. Carpenter, Miller, Cooper, waller, Fisher, Chandler, Carter, black, and barker are believed to have originated from professions.

[-] PeriodicallyPedantic@lemmy.ca 6 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

I'm aware, that's pretty common knowledge.

I'ma write a book about someone who works for a tailor named Taylor Tailor at their tailor shop called Tailor's Tailoring which is run out of a trailer. It'll be tailor Taylor Tailer's Tailor's Tailoring tailoring trailer. It will be a very serious book, because none of this is in the least but funny.

[-] meekah@lemmy.world 4 points 4 days ago

Please actually do. Somehow I feel like it would be a delight to read. I guess I just like dry humor

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