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[–] LesserAbe 101 points 3 days ago (53 children)

When people get married they should come up with a completely new last name for them both.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 3 days ago (26 children)

A lot of last names here are frozen patronyms (e.g. at some point some dude named Hans had kids; now there are lots of people calling themselves his son, Hansen) or place names. I kinda like the place name bit: Just give kids last names to a place they have a connection to. Where they were born or conceived or something.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 days ago (9 children)

Also jobs. Lots of millers, smiths and hunters etc

[–] Mickey7 8 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Ironically no one had the last name of "prostitute" or "harlot"

[–] kryptonianCodeMonkey 22 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Sorry, but unfortunately I got interested and followed your link:

There is a popular legend that "hooker" as a slang term for a prostitute is derived from his last name[26] because of parties and a lack of military discipline at his headquarters near the Murder Bay district of Washington, DC. Some versions of the legend claim that the band of prostitutes that followed his division was derisively referred to as "General Hooker's Army" or "Hooker's Brigade".[27] However, the term "hooker" was used in print as early as 1845, years before Hooker was a public figure,[28] and is likely derived from the concentration of prostitutes around the shipyards and ferry terminal of the Corlear's Hook area of Manhattan in the early to middle 19th century, who came to be referred to as "hookers".

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago

lack of military discipline at his headquarters near the Murder Bay district

To be fair, he could probably have chosen a better place to set up..

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I, John Prostitute, am offended by this.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Better than Whorson at least.

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