• oo1@lemmings.world
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          18 days ago

          In Wales they used to use ab/ap as a patronym, a bit like Mac in Gallic. There might have been similar in parts of whatever they called England before the anglo-saxons came, but that’s not likely to have influenced anything by the time of Becket, or the later time when the ‘a’ was added.

          I don’t think it has really survived in Wales either; the ‘a’ has often dissapeared and the p/b merged with the fathers name, like Prichard, or Bowen.

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        19 days ago

        Is this the genesis of British “humour”? Thomas, a Becket, even got the name in the time of Shakespeare.

        Waiting for somebody to eviscerate me over British history, cause all I know is Monty Python.

        • fakeman_pretendname@feddit.uk
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          I think you’re going to need some Blackadder to go along with your Monty Python.

          Start with the second series though, as the first series is a little weaker (the characters and style are a bit different), and might put you off.

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            18 days ago

            Interesting, I generally prefer the first series over the others, though I haven’t seen the last one yet