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lastfmuser
imagine if people still took last names from their trade like fisher, smith and fletcher. imagine some guy introducing himself to you as jonathan podcaster
scribblestheunicorn
It’s him,
Ted Talker
lastfmuser
imagine if people still took last names from their trade like fisher, smith and fletcher. imagine some guy introducing himself to you as jonathan podcaster
scribblestheunicorn
It’s him,
Ted Talker
Oh, you guys are thinking small.
Peter Executive (a vassal of Andy CEO). Mary Anesthesiologist. Alice S. Theorist. William Credit Authorizer. James M. Researcher.
The worst part is that, fun as this is, I’m having flashbacks of every time I’ve said something along the lines of “Matt from HR” and realizing that’s how that has always worked.
Renouned negotiator Matt Fromeichar
"The prefix “from” is how you know a family comes from the old middle class. Rich families used “the”, as in “Jane TheCeo or Peter TheChairman.”
“Working class families just don’t get a prefix. That’s why there are so many James Burgerkings out there”.
I see Jack TheRipper in a whole new light now
That’s excellent
The Scottish way of Mc, ie Peter McChairman flows better, imo
The Arabic Ibn works as well, unless I’m mistaken. Like McMurphy, IbnRasshad.
Correct me if I’m wrong as I’d like to know!
That’s how I always refer to my sysadmin colleagues when talking to others. Chris and Steve Classrooms, Bill Proxmox (née Vmware), and I’m Jack Networks-Linux. Not real names of course.
David Searchengineoptimizer, Mary Marykaycosmeticssales, Oleg Disinformationandpropagandabotprogrammer.
Nobody thought Disinformationandpropagandabotprogrammer would be a good governor of California, but he ended up being more moderate than expected.