Just paying for the name.. (Fuck D!sney) . . . And #leggo

Abuela's Song of the Day (Mar 4)

Leggo, 4D, Kyra Z - 2045 https://youtu.be/FZcDv42XPKg

And now for something completely different! Look, sometimes a gramma needs to listen to some hiphop, okay?

#Music #CHipHop #Leggo #FourD #KyraZ

In the 1800s some surnames found in Cornwall helped to reinforce the myth of a Mediterranean origin for the Cornish, as multiple examples of names ending in -o, -oe or -ow seemed to hint strongly at Spanish antecedents. This was a romantic assumption with appeal to visitors and natives alike and was reinforced by other names such as Jose or Eva. It was a notion that sat comfortably with parallel claims of early visits by Phoenicians seeking tin, traders rather than tourists.

In fact, the Cornish did not need to look southwards for their origin. Their surnames were created closer to home although they indeed the product of a foreign language. That language was Cornish, almost as alien and as little understood as Spanish to most people in Victorian Cornwall.

The Cornish language revivalist Robert Morton Nance argued that names such as Clemo, Kitto, Hollow or Sandow had roots in Old Cornish, echoes of Celtic first names such as Cato, Winwaloe or Iudico. The -ow suffix was what he called an ‘ancient adjectival ending’ meaning ‘the family of’. However, this may over-complicate matters.

By the 15th and 16th centuries when a number of such names were being coined, memories of the Old Cornish names of the 11th century and earlier must have been dim, to say the least. It may be more significant that the suffix -ow was added to many words in the Cornish language to form a plural, the equivalent of the English -s, for example egloz/eglezow (church/churches) or mean/meanow (stone/stones).

To a Cornish-speaker the surname Benetto was therefore a straightforward equivalent of the English Bennetts. Similarly, Higow was Hicks, Mathow Matthew, Sandow Sanders (from Alexander). Many others were less obvious – names such as Dogow (pronounced Dodgow and possibly from Roger), Daddow (Davy/David?), Leggo, Manow, Mellow, Perrow, or Vingoe. Meanwhile, the most commonly occurring surname with an -ow suffix was Pascoe, at this time a first name in its own right. Such surnames are classed as patronymics, formed from a first name. They were also almost entirely restricted in the early 1500s to the Cornish-speaking mid and western parts of Cornwall as a combined map of the names mentioned in this paragraph shows.

There were some exceptions. The distribution of Jago, often linked to James but possibly a name in its own right, was skewed more towards east than west Cornwall and suggests a different and earlier origin. This is even more the case with Kittow, which wasn’t found west of Bodmin in the early 16th century tax listings. Mayow was another surname encountered more often in east than west Cornwall.

Moreover, by no means all surnames ending in -o or -ow were patronymics. Many were formed from place-names. Bosanko, Bosustow, Colenso, Crago, Dustow, Gummow, Kellow and Spargo are all examples. In addition, sometimes the ending -ow became -a, as in Matta from Mathow, Penna from Pennow or Hicka from Higow. These overlapped with surnames that had never or rarely been found as -ow and had a differing history, such as Jacka, Rodda and Tomma.

But I’ll leave the surnames with an -a ending for the next time.

Distribution maps of most of the surnames mentioned above can be found here. Further details of most of these names can also be found in my The Surnames of Cornwall.

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https://bernarddeacon.com/2024/10/28/cornish-cultural-distinctiveness-surnames-with-an-ow-suffix/

#Benetto #Clemo #Daddow #Dogow #Higow #Hollow #Jago #Kittow #Leggo #Manow #Matta #Mayow #Mellow #Pascoe #Pennow #Perrow #Sandow #Vingoe

Have a wonderful week humans! 👍

#monday #coffee #leggo

Pop Socket 💍

Una #cinesata che la gente compra per attaccare dietro lo #smartphone, che si apre e chiude alzandosi e abbassandosi, permettendo di tenere il dispositivo in mano con due dita appoggiate esternamente a forma di V.

Io l'ho comprato per attaccarlo sul #Kindle, credo mi possa aiutare quando #leggo a #letto e sto in posizioni storte, in cui è scomodo tenere un #tablet 4:3 anche così relativamente piccolo. 📚

(Bella #decorazione con una chiave lollipop, fondo argentato, e bordo dorato)

I don't know if #tacotuesday still a thing, but I will honor it with pleasure. 🙃

Bon appetit! 🌮

#lunch #food #feedme #leggo #tacos #beans #spiceMeUp #yum #hungry #eat #tuesday

Isolating from people while feeding is imperative if I want to make it to the end of the day. 😋🙃

#lunch #feedme #leggo

Might not be as sophisticated as the pros here, but I sure made it look good with that piece of rosemary decor! 😅

#food #foodporn #leggo #homemade

Any fans of sweet plantains in the house? 🤗

#food #sweetplantain #leggo

#BotteghediTokyo di #MateuszUrbanowicz in Polonia, nel 1986. Mentre studiava Ingegneria Elettronica ha iniziato a collaborare con l’Istituto Polacco Giapponese di Tecnologia dell’Informazione. Ha vinto una borsa di studio finanziata dal Governo Giapponese grazie alla quale si è trasferito a Kobe, dove ha iniziato a studiare animazione e fumetti. Dopo essersi laureato alla Kobe Design University... su www.valeriotagliaferri.it #mastolibro #mastolibri #leggere #lettura #libri #leggerebene #leggo

NEW GOAL:
Find a way to spend as much time as I can with my Toki and make enough money to help both myself and others 💯
#amen
#leggo