i just realized

we've seen people say things like "Alec Technologyconnections" to refer to the host of the youtube channel Technology Connections

this is exactly how a lot of surnames (at least in the west?) originated

"which Tom are you talking about?" "Tom the baker" "Oh Tom Baker, got it"
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@Felthry I was today years old when I learned this is how names like that come about.

Names in a few hundred years are gonna be wild.

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@LexYeen yeah that's the origin of names like baker, smith, chandler, fletcher, gardner (from gardener), shoemaker (also schumacher, schumaker, etc), and some that aren't really words for occupations anymore like baxter or grainger
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@LexYeen (if you're wondering, baxter is an archaic feminine form of baker, and grainger was a word for someone who worked with grain. that one might still technically be a word for an occupation but i think we'd just lump that in with "farmer" these days)
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