Re: CHAT: weird names, was Re: conlanging, the ultimate feminist subversion

Carlos Thompson wrote:

> I don't know the meaning of my middle name "Eugenio".
Greek: "well-born", "aristocratic".

> I suppose
> "Thompson" means "son of Thomas"
Just so; the "p" is intrusive, and some spell it "Thomson".

> and I have no clue on "Pinz=F3n", but I know
> it was a vulgar surname in Medieval Spain that became noble when three
> sailors so called came with Columbus to America.
Yup.  It was damn near a Pinzon who "discovered" the New World:
if he'd known about the west winds, he could have sailed home in
the Pinta and grabbed all the credit, leaving Columbus to rot
on Hispaniola.

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