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Chatting to a mate in the William Morris about the demise of old English names that denoted a person's occupation. Bob Archer, Harry Shepherd, Bill Fletcher etc. He said these days it would be Sharon Shoplifter and Jayden Phonesnatcher. I dunno.
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Old English names on 15:38 - Nov 20 with 3649 views
Used to see the ‘Bill stickers will be prosecuted’ sign followed by the tagged graffiti line ‘Bill Stickers is innocent’ underneath in old Dandy and Beano annuals. Always thought, “That doesn’t make sense. ‘Bill stickers’ is third person plural. It should be ‘bill stickers ARE innocent’”. Took me years to twig. Years.
Anyway, back to the OP (and co-incidentally Beano-related): Roger le Faredodger.
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Old English names on 17:23 - Nov 20 with 3421 views
Richard (initially) Slicker Norma Stitz Arthur Crowne John Thomas Organ - genuine really. Theresa Green - met her
"Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the Earth all one's lifetime." (Mark Twain)
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Old English names on 10:53 - Nov 21 with 2414 views
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