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Jaye's avatar

One cannot help but cast a thought to Hillaire Belloc.

Researching a family tree with branches in Europe, I can attest to the fact that other cultures used names that sometimes referred to rather unflattering physical characteristics. I don't see why the English should have been different

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Samuel Clarkbourne 🐋's avatar

The temptation to rename my re-enactment character to Balloc is strong

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