red haired queen elizabeth image
Bigmouth S
I can't remember where I heard this, and I don't know if it has any substance - an internet search turns up little information:
Is it true that, in early performances, the bad guys of the piece would wear red-haired wigs?
Thank you :)
Answer
Possibly but I doubt it since Queen Elizabeth the First was a redhead.
Possibly but I doubt it since Queen Elizabeth the First was a redhead.
What are CONS of not having a Surname?
Miley
What are CONS of not having a Surname?
What are cons of not having surname just the first and the middle name?
Answer
The reason that surnames were invented in the first place was to be able to tell people apart when they were living in the same area and had the same first name. "Peter the baker" and "Peter the cooper" eventually, over time, became Peter Baker and Peter Cooper. This is why so many surnames come from names of jobs that existed centuries ago (and often still exist now), or from some physical characteristic - for instance Russell comes from old French for "red-haired". Eventually surnames became what they are today - a family name passed from father to children, once everybody was expected to have one (excepting royalty, who have never needed surnames because everybody knows who they are).
So one problem of not having a surname is it makes people less easily identifiable. You'd end up having to qualify it by explaining who you are referring to of that name - which is how surnames started! It would also be less easy to tell who is related to whom.
It's possible to do it, though. Iceland still doesn't use surnames and never has. If you ever hear of an Icelander with what appears to be a surname, it isn't, it's a patronymic - their father's name with a suffix -son for a man and -dottir for a woman. So children don't have the same last name as their parents the vast majority of the time. The first name is the only real name and Icelanders are listed by first name in their telephone directory. To reduce confusion, their profession or occupation is also shown (just the way surnames started in the English-speaking world!!!!) It still works because Iceland has such a small population and that reduces the chances of confusion. Russia only gets away with using the same system because they use surnames as well, so a full Russian name is first name-patronymic-surname, and the patronymic will be their father's first name with -ovich added for a man and -ovna added for a woman.
THE middle name? It's possible to have more than one - a good friend of mine has two, (very common in the English upper classes) and Queen Elizabeth II's children all have three. And my mother doesn't have one at all.
The reason that surnames were invented in the first place was to be able to tell people apart when they were living in the same area and had the same first name. "Peter the baker" and "Peter the cooper" eventually, over time, became Peter Baker and Peter Cooper. This is why so many surnames come from names of jobs that existed centuries ago (and often still exist now), or from some physical characteristic - for instance Russell comes from old French for "red-haired". Eventually surnames became what they are today - a family name passed from father to children, once everybody was expected to have one (excepting royalty, who have never needed surnames because everybody knows who they are).
So one problem of not having a surname is it makes people less easily identifiable. You'd end up having to qualify it by explaining who you are referring to of that name - which is how surnames started! It would also be less easy to tell who is related to whom.
It's possible to do it, though. Iceland still doesn't use surnames and never has. If you ever hear of an Icelander with what appears to be a surname, it isn't, it's a patronymic - their father's name with a suffix -son for a man and -dottir for a woman. So children don't have the same last name as their parents the vast majority of the time. The first name is the only real name and Icelanders are listed by first name in their telephone directory. To reduce confusion, their profession or occupation is also shown (just the way surnames started in the English-speaking world!!!!) It still works because Iceland has such a small population and that reduces the chances of confusion. Russia only gets away with using the same system because they use surnames as well, so a full Russian name is first name-patronymic-surname, and the patronymic will be their father's first name with -ovich added for a man and -ovna added for a woman.
THE middle name? It's possible to have more than one - a good friend of mine has two, (very common in the English upper classes) and Queen Elizabeth II's children all have three. And my mother doesn't have one at all.
Powered by Yahoo! Answers
Title Post: A question about Shakespeare - red hair and villains?
Rating: 92% based on 976 ratings. 5 user reviews.
Author: Yukie
Thanks For Coming To My Blog
Rating: 92% based on 976 ratings. 5 user reviews.
Author: Yukie
Thanks For Coming To My Blog
No comments:
Post a Comment