I read that in 1811, when the Netherlands came under French rule, the French took a census of Dutch citizens and made people report their surnames. But surnames were uncommon for Dutch people then, so a lot of them just made up stuff... and some of it was intentionally silly, as a sort of protest against the French. So now there are Dutch last names like Uiekruier (onion-crier), Suikerbuik (sugar-belly), Rotmensen (rotten people), Piest (piss), and Poepjes (little poop). BUT then again, some people argue that these names date back to before the 1800s, so maybe it's a myth??
The French formalized the use of last names, but last names were already in use before that. Many of these 'silly' Dutch last names have perfectly boring origins. Like "Naaktgeboren" which translates to "Born naked" probably comes from "Nageboren" ie. "Born after" and was used for second sons who were born after the son that mattered.
White, Black and Green meant Silver Smith, Blacksmith, and Gardener respectively, and were given to people of those occupations, these too have stuck around as surnames
A white smith is not a silver smith. A white smith works with white metals, like tin and pewter. Pewter does contain silver.. so maybe thats where the confusion starts.
White, Black and Brown are not occupation surnames. These exist also in other languages and refer to complexion and hair colors. White was a blonde of fair haired. Schwartz, Leblanc, Moore, Braun, etc. Whitesmith has nothing to do with silver. Tin was the 'white iron' of a Whitesmith, also called a Tinker, or Tinsmith. Ferblantier was a Norman occupation for tin. Moneyers were minters, coin makers. They usually were jewelers when not making coin, and goldsmiths worked with silver too. Silver was always too valued to be wasted mixing it into alloy Pewter. Pewter is lead, tin, and copper. A Brazier was a coppersmith. Brazier as in brass, being alloy of tin and copper.
A lot of surnames work like this: "name of a father"+ -son. That's how it worked in ancient Greece (instead of -son there is the genitive case but it means the same), and why there a lot of names like "Johnson" or "Fitzgerald". The kind of surnames is prevalent in germanic cultures but almost inexistant in France, for example.
Yeah it was very common in Scandinavia. I though that this segment missed that whole thing considering how prevalent it is. Even in English culture we see some surnames with this sort of origin.
***** I've heard this before. I've always thought it was cool (especially that it still continues today). I was hoping they were going to mention it, I'm glad you did.
My family name is MacLeod, which means Son of Leod. Leod was originally called Leoid, which comes from Liotr, which came from Ljotr. which means 'Ugly Wolf' because Leod was as cunning as he was hideous to look at. Also, here's my BIG QUESTION: What are the leading cultural/social theories on what the world would be like now if the 'Great Wars' (World Wars I and II) hadn't have happened? What would be different in the world now?
Even though the background looks like he decorated it in 6th grade...because it's the still the same room at his parents house. this was actually super awesome. Thanks man
In Finland, where my ancestors came from, people took the name of their land (farms) as their last name until the mid-1800's. My great grandfather (1839-1917) changed his last name when he married my great grandmother (1847-1917) since she had inherited the family farm. Their children did not follow that name rule. I still carry the name of the farm for a last name, and the farm is still occupied by my cousins in Finland.
Sweden used to have a patronymic system where your last name was dependent on your fathers name. Other common names used to be soldiers names that were given out to people employed by the army because the patronymic system created many duplicate names. These names were either adjectives describing positive qualities of the soldier (Rask, Villig, Frisk / Quick, Eager, Healthy) or military nouns (Dolk, Lantz, Sköld / Dagger, Lance, Shield) or nature related (Björk, Ask, Berg, Grahn / Birch, Ash, Mountain, Spruce). When family names were introduced many people exchanged the patronymic names and many used these nature themed soldier names as inspiration and combined them into new names. Many Swedish surnames are combinations of words. Berg-man, Berg-kvist, Ö-berg, Ö-lund, Lund-mark, Mark-lund, Ö-kvist, Lund-kvist. Ö-man, Berg-lund, Lund-berg. (hyphens added for clarity) Berg=Mountain, Ö=Island, Man=man, Kvist=Branch, Lund=type of forest, Mark=Ground/Land
In Norway and a lot of scandinavian countries our last names are mostly the fathers name + sen or son in Sweden. At some point they stopped doing that and a family just stuck to some distant relatives father's name or the name of a place. Hence why so many scandinavian people are named Olsen, Jensen, Hansen and so on.
I'd like to ask if you or anyone could tell me where the very common last name of Allen came from? I would really appreciate the answer to this. Thank you very much, and plus I really love this video. It was very informative. Keep up the good work.
That was quick. I was under the impression that last names started by beinc recorded in the Famous "Dooms Day Book" Commoners adding their job, as John the Cooper. Travelers by their home 'region' , John from (von) London/Englund, That names (real names) are powerful, as anyone knowing the name could Hex a person. Which considering the legal aspect is true, cannot sue someone if their name is not known.
Interesting, but way too brief. For instance, English names like 'Washington' and 'Wellington' are derived from townships or villages where the people lived such as 'Washing-Town' or 'Welling-Town'. Common Jewish surnames can be directly translated such as '-berg' means 'mountain' and '-blatt' means 'leaf'. For Americans, the whole Ellis Island story was skipped. Many immigrants couldn't read or write their names and were assigned surnames typically based on their trade -- which is why we have so many Smiths. Many of these assigned surnames were based on occupations that we no longer recognize (a 'Weller' was a person that produced salt by boiling sea water, for instance). I find it all fascinating.
Do you know right that the video is not a explanation of the origin of all last names? He just gave a few examples to illustrate the video. The answer is the origin of the concept of last names.
yeah but he left out many details- specifically when it came to such common names as Smith, Jones, etc. - but it's very fascinating none the less. I don't think anyone is saying he did a bad job, I think Mark is saying the surface was scratched on a vast margin of naming. Either way, it was brilliant and interesting and we all can agree with that.
So I had to google what my last name stands for: Given the -owski ending, this common Polish surname generally derives from the place where the family originated - and could refer to any of dozens of Polish villages with names beginning with Grab, including Grabowo, Grabówka, etc. These place names, in turn, derive from Polish roots such as grabie (meaning "rake"), grab (meaning "the hornbeam tree), and grabic (meaning "to plunder").
Question for the Big Question: Is the ocean blue b/c it reflects the sky or is the sky blue b/c it reflects the ocean or... could they both be operational at the same time.
Could you please tell me from what nationality my maiden name comes from? It was Gilhman but when they came to America they changed it to Gilman. Can you tell me please? TY!!!!
Question: this is a big one: Why do joints (human) crack? As in make that popping sound? Im talking about a single pop that can not be repeated for some time, not the ones who crack all the time, like injuries
Every time I try to look up the my last name Pruiett it gets changed to Pruitt. Does this change the results of my search?I know the original spelling was Prwitt.
There are also the Germanic names that begin with Van or Von, which means 'From' depending on region. So names like Von Trapp or Van Winkle would mean From Trapp or From Winkle. These can be either cities, regions, or environments like forests or mountains.
Is it possible to get sick from walking into a bathroom and get sick from a person who happens to be sick, by smelling the stink they create in the bathroom? Kind of a second hand smoke kind of thing? I asked this of John Green in one of his others videos but, this seems more like the place to ask because it been bugging me for years...and it's a BIG question that no one seems to be able to answer. I leave it in all of your capable hands. Thanks Joe
My last name is Temple(no relation to Shirley as far as I know),I found out in research as best as I could find it that my ancestors had been groundskeepers to the Templar Knights in Europe(England)....and when they took their surnames they took it from the Temple of the Knights,& that's apparently where my families name came from and as they branched out over the many years from England to other parts of the world (Europe and America),my branch of the Temples settled in Oklahoma after journeying through the Southeast-the Carolinas,Tennessee,Virginia,Texas,and later Oklahoma in the late 1900's,there is still more I would like to learn about,I'm now researching the origins of my other ancestors outside the Temples,this video really helps out a little with how the origins of how last names came to be.🤔🛂
Hey nice video! I would like to ask a question about parrots. What people do to make domestic birds have different colours to their wild counterparts. I mean in the wild parrots have particular coloured feathers, how the hell do you make them change that ?
Lower case letters derived from handwriting. With the shift to printing each typeface was kept in a separate drawer. Over the years mixed case became popular and they were put in divided cases with the capitals on top, ie. the upper case.
My last name is an occupational name for a shopkeeper, which is funny because my grandpa owned several small shops/businesses, and my dad and two uncles all have their own businesses as well!
Are you sure there were no last names used in Japan until 1905? How do you reconcile that with historical figures like "Oda Nobunaga" "Ieyasu Tokugawa" "Shingen Takeda" from the 1500s?
"In China" Oh gosh, sorry Wheezy my brain did not think the country like it should have… I choked on my drink a bit as I didn't expect it… Sorry Chyna… Bad brain. Bad.
Benzine has an interesting etymology. It comes from India from "Luban Jawi" or Javanese Frankincense. Over time Westerners corrupted it to "La Benjawi", then "La Benjamin". Venetian traders changed the j to a z, and "La Benzoin" Alchemists derived benzoic acid from it. The hydrocarbon derived from benzoic acid was variously called benzin, benzol, or benzene.
A much better example of Todd Smith Anger (Todd Smith Anger, really?) would be Gaius Julius Caesar, or Marcus Tullius Cicero. Gaius was his first name, Julius was the Surname, and Caesar was the hereditary nickname. Caesar means 'hairy'. Ironic isn't it? Same for Cicero, Marcus is first name, Tullius (Tully!) is the surname, and Cicero is the given nickname. Things got more complicated during the Empire, as heirs would inherit their father's (predecessor's) names.
And then, the praenomen was ignored or abandoned, because there were like 18 of them in common use by the 1st century BCE, and they stopped being useful outside of close family and friends. Hence Gaius Julius Caesar was (and is) often just referred to as Caesar or Julius Caesar. And we know Marcus Tullius Cicero pretty much as Cicero; you can just give the one name, and even thousands of years later we know who you're talking about. And even the Romans were apparently stuck with abbreviations that referred to old language (like we use 'lb' for 'pound'); Gaius was abbreviated C. (because the abbreviation was in use before the letter G existed), and Caeso was K. (because, of course, you wouldn't want to confuse it with Gaius).
Ok adding to the list of names in the comments. I can offer up Franklin, an old English term meaning "Freeman" usually used to refer to a land owner. Davies, an hebrew word for "beloved" in wales it refers to the child of saint david, and Mokes possibly connected to the word mock, so "one who mocks"
I am curious if you know anything about the origin of surnames in Romania. My surname is rather rare, and it's super hard to find information about the ancestry.
1.If i travel in a car with 300.000 km/s (speed of light) and i turn on lights would i see it ?(the light i mean 2. why dose boiled water freeze faster than cold water?
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My full name is Caesar Publius Aelius Traianus Hadrianus Augustus. How fun signing contracts are!
I’ll never find out my surname
-William Broomrape
Your ancestors was caught humping a broom naked lol
change that... don’t ever tell anyone that’s your last name...
Your great grandfather must've had a monkey that likes to ride motorcycles or something like that. Thats an awesome name!
Unfunny
I read that in 1811, when the Netherlands came under French rule, the French took a census of Dutch citizens and made people report their surnames. But surnames were uncommon for Dutch people then, so a lot of them just made up stuff... and some of it was intentionally silly, as a sort of protest against the French. So now there are Dutch last names like Uiekruier (onion-crier), Suikerbuik (sugar-belly), Rotmensen (rotten people), Piest (piss), and Poepjes (little poop). BUT then again, some people argue that these names date back to before the 1800s, so maybe it's a myth??
I've heard that before too.
The French formalized the use of last names, but last names were already in use before that. Many of these 'silly' Dutch last names have perfectly boring origins. Like "Naaktgeboren" which translates to "Born naked" probably comes from "Nageboren" ie. "Born after" and was used for second sons who were born after the son that mattered.
they also have naakt geboren (born naked) wich is my favouraite
I googled my maiden name Faber and though it is a Dutch surmame, it's Latin for craftsman...
Kristen Hoffmam
it also means "smith". So you might be Kristen Smith ;)
So where did the last name "Dickinson" come from...
mediocrewarfare someone had a father named Dickin and took his name and added son
Son of Richard
ItsCliffGaming some one put there dick in there son
England
@@jeffthegamer5565 wtf lmao
I'm so glad that mental floss is expanding this is one of my favorite web series
Simple and too the point. Thanks
"I can do what I want Smith" is SO what i'm naming my kid XD
White, Black and Green meant Silver Smith, Blacksmith, and Gardener respectively, and were given to people of those occupations, these too have stuck around as surnames
A white smith is not a silver smith. A white smith works with white metals, like tin and pewter. Pewter does contain silver.. so maybe thats where the confusion starts.
wrong
Makes me wonder about "Brown"...
White, Black and Brown are not occupation surnames.
These exist also in other languages and refer to complexion and hair colors. White was a blonde of fair haired. Schwartz, Leblanc, Moore, Braun, etc.
Whitesmith has nothing to do with silver. Tin was the 'white iron' of a Whitesmith, also called a Tinker, or Tinsmith. Ferblantier was a Norman occupation for tin.
Moneyers were minters, coin makers. They usually were jewelers when not making coin, and goldsmiths worked with silver too.
Silver was always too valued to be wasted mixing it into alloy Pewter. Pewter is lead, tin, and copper.
A Brazier was a coppersmith. Brazier as in brass, being alloy of tin and copper.
Love you hosting this show - such a great channel!
A lot of surnames work like this: "name of a father"+ -son. That's how it worked in ancient Greece (instead of -son there is the genitive case but it means the same), and why there a lot of names like "Johnson" or "Fitzgerald". The kind of surnames is prevalent in germanic cultures but almost inexistant in France, for example.
That's the naming system still used in Iceland. My last name is Pálsson as I am the son of Páll.
Yeah it was very common in Scandinavia. I though that this segment missed that whole thing considering how prevalent it is. Even in English culture we see some surnames with this sort of origin.
***** Like Jon Pàll Sigmarsson?
Dr. Astrô Nauth That's right.
***** I've heard this before. I've always thought it was cool (especially that it still continues today). I was hoping they were going to mention it, I'm glad you did.
These are just getting better and better
My last name means tall mountain. (Højbjerg)
My dads family is also pretty dang tall ^^
damn how tall are you now
My last name means Birch Valley
My family name is MacLeod, which means Son of Leod. Leod was originally called Leoid, which comes from Liotr, which came from Ljotr. which means 'Ugly Wolf' because Leod was as cunning as he was hideous to look at.
Also, here's my BIG QUESTION: What are the leading cultural/social theories on what the world would be like now if the 'Great Wars' (World Wars I and II) hadn't have happened? What would be different in the world now?
technology would be one thing and cultural acceptance another
I don't suppose you have any uncles who go around cutting people's heads off?
Beggar42 I did.. but they're all dead. Under mysterious circumstances.
Fish in a Barrel
Unfortunately we would have had the Grand wars A & B instead. Primates hay!
Would like to contact you and interview you regarding genealogy. How do we get in touch?
Did you just call me Smith? Yes you did, because you can do what you want, Craig.......................Benzine.
delicious cancer-inducing benzine
Very interesting video, thanks for the upload smith.
We need more of this guy
Wow! Much more elaborate than I originally assumed! Smith!
Even though the background looks like he decorated it in 6th grade...because it's the still the same room at his parents house. this was actually super awesome. Thanks man
In Finland, where my ancestors came from, people took the name of their land (farms) as their last name until the mid-1800's. My great grandfather (1839-1917) changed his last name when he married my great grandmother (1847-1917) since she had inherited the family farm. Their children did not follow that name rule. I still carry the name of the farm for a last name, and the farm is still occupied by my cousins in Finland.
Craig is cool. I like Craig. Smith.
I raise you a Roger.
Roger Smith sounds like a cool guy.
Maxx B Roger Craig Smith even more so.
“And an abdomen, is part of the body”! 🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂
Sweden used to have a patronymic system where your last name was dependent on your fathers name. Other common names used to be soldiers names that were given out to people employed by the army because the patronymic system created many duplicate names. These names were either adjectives describing positive qualities of the soldier (Rask, Villig, Frisk / Quick, Eager, Healthy) or military nouns (Dolk, Lantz, Sköld / Dagger, Lance, Shield) or nature related (Björk, Ask, Berg, Grahn / Birch, Ash, Mountain, Spruce). When family names were introduced many people exchanged the patronymic names and many used these nature themed soldier names as inspiration and combined them into new names. Many Swedish surnames are combinations of words.
Berg-man, Berg-kvist, Ö-berg, Ö-lund, Lund-mark, Mark-lund, Ö-kvist, Lund-kvist. Ö-man, Berg-lund, Lund-berg. (hyphens added for clarity)
Berg=Mountain, Ö=Island, Man=man, Kvist=Branch, Lund=type of forest, Mark=Ground/Land
In Latvia we mostly have trees for surnames. Oaky, Birchy, Willowy, Hazely, Sprucy.
In Norway and a lot of scandinavian countries our last names are mostly the fathers name + sen or son in Sweden. At some point they stopped doing that and a family just stuck to some distant relatives father's name or the name of a place. Hence why so many scandinavian people are named Olsen, Jensen, Hansen and so on.
"Like the Michael J." Cracked me up that I had to stop and comment.
Love this video....Smith
I love this guy!!!! Craig for president!!!
Benzine? Now THAT's an interesting last name.
I'd like to ask if you or anyone could tell me where the very common last name of Allen came from? I would really appreciate the answer to this. Thank you very much, and plus I really love this video. It was very informative. Keep up the good work.
Celtic surname, originating in Ireland, and common in Scotland, Wales, and England.
That was quick. I was under the impression that last names started by beinc recorded in the Famous "Dooms Day Book" Commoners adding their job, as John the Cooper. Travelers by their home 'region' , John from (von) London/Englund, That names (real names) are powerful, as anyone knowing the name could Hex a person. Which considering the legal aspect is true, cannot sue someone if their name is not known.
Epic video dudes
You are the perfect host for this show. THIS is your true calling.
I snorted at "ab-domin" 😂
lol “I snorted”
OMG I thought about this question randomly and I'm so glad some one could answer it and also that I'm not the only one who wondered
This explains so much
Hello and thank you for your video. What meaning would the last name Peacock have?
Interesting, but way too brief. For instance, English names like 'Washington' and 'Wellington' are derived from townships or villages where the people lived such as 'Washing-Town' or 'Welling-Town'. Common Jewish surnames can be directly translated such as '-berg' means 'mountain' and '-blatt' means 'leaf'. For Americans, the whole Ellis Island story was skipped. Many immigrants couldn't read or write their names and were assigned surnames typically based on their trade -- which is why we have so many Smiths. Many of these assigned surnames were based on occupations that we no longer recognize (a 'Weller' was a person that produced salt by boiling sea water, for instance). I find it all fascinating.
Do you know right that the video is not a explanation of the origin of all last names? He just gave a few examples to illustrate the video. The answer is the origin of the concept of last names.
yeah but he left out many details- specifically when it came to such common names as Smith, Jones, etc. - but it's very fascinating none the less. I don't think anyone is saying he did a bad job, I think Mark is saying the surface was scratched on a vast margin of naming. Either way, it was brilliant and interesting and we all can agree with that.
I love this host.
My surname, which I'm not going to say, essentially means "Beloved of Aodh" or "Devotee of Aodh." Aodh is the Celtic god of fire and the sun. So cool.
McKenna
HA! :-P
theQiwiMan You are correct! Either you have the same name or you just looked it up!
Ravenclaw1991
Lol I just googled it. My last name isn't nearly as cool. Apparently it means "bright, famous, noble youth hostage"..?
Lame.
theQiwiMan At least it has "bright, famous and noble" in it! haha
theQiwiMan ""bright, famous, noble youth hostage"..?" Robin?
Interesting, i've always wondered about mine.
I like this guy.
So I had to google what my last name stands for:
Given the -owski ending, this common Polish surname generally derives from the place where the family originated - and could refer to any of dozens of Polish villages with names beginning with Grab, including Grabowo, Grabówka, etc. These place names, in turn, derive from Polish roots such as grabie (meaning "rake"), grab (meaning "the hornbeam tree), and grabic (meaning "to plunder").
So your family either derived from pirates or trees?
Jacob Frey maybe pirate trees haha who knows
I hope it's pirates.
I have a big question.
What is the blie side of the eraser used for?
It cannot erase anything!
Question for the Big Question: Is the ocean blue b/c it reflects the sky or is the sky blue b/c it reflects the ocean or... could they both be operational at the same time.
My question is: where did the idea of carving aliens in the cave walls come from?
very informative plus I like your demeanor
The "big question" videos are usually pretty disappointing. But this video was very interesting!
I liked this muchly.
Good research. Which year did last names started in India?
Could you please tell me from what nationality my maiden name comes from? It was Gilhman but when they came to America they changed it to Gilman. Can you tell me please? TY!!!!
I fucking love this guy.
Question:
this is a big one:
Why do joints (human) crack? As in make that popping sound?
Im talking about a single pop that can not be repeated for some time, not the ones who crack all the time, like injuries
Spanish names that end with; AZ, EZ, IZ, OZ, UZ are for "son/daughter of".
and guzman is spanish for goodman.
Henry R. Santos
exact, and obvious are also those of occupations, nicknames, places, animals, etc. XD
Craig is amazing on this channel. I love him.
Yayyy new mental floss
That feel when he says your surname. Fudge yeeeeeh
Every time I try to look up the my last name Pruiett it gets changed to Pruitt. Does this change the results of my search?I know the original spelling was Prwitt.
I am pretty baked and this was a question I asked myself .
There are also the Germanic names that begin with Van or Von, which means 'From' depending on region. So names like Von Trapp or Van Winkle would mean From Trapp or From Winkle. These can be either cities, regions, or environments like forests or mountains.
Fantastic video
hi sr. can u tell me the meaning. of manjarrez last name. and were it come. from
This is about what I expected. Still, it's nice to know for sure.
Why are the letters and symbols arranged how they are on a keyboard and who came up with the design
Is it accurate that in Finland families took the surname of the homestead they moved into? I have a hard time getting accurate genealogy results.
surnames are starting to have a bigger spectrum now
Our family name was Feld up until about the 11th century when they changed it to Field, damn that was a long time ago...
Where did my last name come from Gilhmon/Gilman? Thank you very much.
Is it possible to get sick from walking into a bathroom and get sick from a person who happens to be sick, by smelling the stink they create in the bathroom? Kind of a second hand smoke kind of thing? I asked this of John Green in one of his others videos but, this seems more like the place to ask because it been bugging me for years...and it's a BIG question that no one seems to be able to answer. I leave it in all of your capable hands. Thanks Joe
My last name is Temple(no relation to Shirley as far as I know),I found out in research as best as I could find it that my ancestors had been groundskeepers to the Templar Knights in Europe(England)....and when they took their surnames they took it from the Temple of the Knights,& that's apparently where my families name came from and as they branched out over the many years from England to other parts of the world (Europe and America),my branch of the Temples settled in Oklahoma after journeying through the Southeast-the Carolinas,Tennessee,Virginia,Texas,and later Oklahoma in the late 1900's,there is still more I would like to learn about,I'm now researching the origins of my other ancestors outside the Temples,this video really helps out a little with how the origins of how last names came to be.🤔🛂
Neat
i like this guy
Could you tell me the name of the picture with the word Dena in it at 1:52?
When did we start using the first name along with the second name in England ?
Hey nice video! I would like to ask a question about parrots. What people do to make domestic birds have different colours to their wild counterparts. I mean in the wild parrots have particular coloured feathers, how the hell do you make them change that ?
Sutton means "south settlement" in Old English. I don't have any relatives or ancestors that are English that I know of.
I like this host, he's so funny.
Why are there upper and lower case letters (As Bb Cc Did Ee)
I want to find out too!
Mental_floss do dis quastien
Google is your friend
Lower case letters derived from handwriting. With the shift to printing each typeface was kept in a separate drawer. Over the years mixed case became popular and they were put in divided cases with the capitals on top, ie. the upper case.
My last name is an occupational name for a shopkeeper, which is funny because my grandpa owned several small shops/businesses, and my dad and two uncles all have their own businesses as well!
How and when did computers go from man/hand made to only possible through machinery?
Good Stuff. Smith.
I always wondered about the origen of last names and now i have an idea
yay Craig!!
McCullouch reporting in. Scottish clan whose name derives from the boar. Strength and persistence.
I love the history of peoples names.
Are you sure there were no last names used in Japan until 1905? How do you reconcile that with historical figures like "Oda Nobunaga" "Ieyasu Tokugawa" "Shingen Takeda" from the 1500s?
Question: if you combine eagle wing DNA with that of another animal (say a horse) can you make a Pegasus?
I have a big question. Where do we get the word "Bible" for the bible as it's clearly not mentioned in the books? XD
How did the concept of private property emerge? What was the basis for some people having more property than others?
"In China" Oh gosh, sorry Wheezy my brain did not think the country like it should have… I choked on my drink a bit as I didn't expect it… Sorry Chyna… Bad brain. Bad.
My brain is misbehaving…
What the actual fuck are you talking about?
Pheonix2022 Craig Benzine's girlfriend is named Chyna…
EDIT: Craig Benzine is the host… He's also known as WheezyWaiter.
Pheonix2022 I won't bother to explain since SymbolX has already answered sufficiently…
This is a very interesting video Smith
I am a +son, Robertson.How about tobacco,I would like to know the history of tobacco,where,when and how did it go from pipes to cigs and cigars.
Benzine has an interesting etymology. It comes from India from "Luban Jawi" or Javanese Frankincense. Over time Westerners corrupted it to "La Benjawi", then "La Benjamin". Venetian traders changed the j to a z, and "La Benzoin" Alchemists derived benzoic acid from it. The hydrocarbon derived from benzoic acid was variously called benzin, benzol, or benzene.
A much better example of Todd Smith Anger (Todd Smith Anger, really?) would be Gaius Julius Caesar, or Marcus Tullius Cicero. Gaius was his first name, Julius was the Surname, and Caesar was the hereditary nickname. Caesar means 'hairy'. Ironic isn't it? Same for Cicero, Marcus is first name, Tullius (Tully!) is the surname, and Cicero is the given nickname. Things got more complicated during the Empire, as heirs would inherit their father's (predecessor's) names.
And then, the praenomen was ignored or abandoned, because there were like 18 of them in common use by the 1st century BCE, and they stopped being useful outside of close family and friends. Hence Gaius Julius Caesar was (and is) often just referred to as Caesar or Julius Caesar. And we know Marcus Tullius Cicero pretty much as Cicero; you can just give the one name, and even thousands of years later we know who you're talking about.
And even the Romans were apparently stuck with abbreviations that referred to old language (like we use 'lb' for 'pound'); Gaius was abbreviated C. (because the abbreviation was in use before the letter G existed), and Caeso was K. (because, of course, you wouldn't want to confuse it with Gaius).
Dear Craig,
You are very funny.
Ok adding to the list of names in the comments. I can offer up Franklin, an old English term meaning "Freeman" usually used to refer to a land owner. Davies, an hebrew word for "beloved" in wales it refers to the child of saint david, and Mokes possibly connected to the word mock, so "one who mocks"
I have a question: how small can something be before it no longer has a visible shadow?
10^-4 meters. or 0.1 millimeters.
I am curious if you know anything about the origin of surnames in Romania. My surname is rather rare, and it's super hard to find information about the ancestry.
Okay but what about last names like mine… Rewey
I suppose my ancestors resided under a hill
They were hobbits, from Bree.
I like that better ;)
How many square kilometers of land dedicated to plantations requires a person to meet their food needs?
1.If i travel in a car with 300.000 km/s (speed of light) and i turn on lights would i see it ?(the light i mean
2. why dose boiled water freeze faster than cold water?