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KYsheeplover06 Posted 21 years ago
Vocabulary
Namesake?
0 Is there a word that means the opposite of namesake? You know, if you're named for a certain person, what the person you're named for is called in relation to you. Sorry, that may be a bit confusing, but I'd love to know because I'm working on a composition based entirely around that idea. 02 br
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0 Hi, 02 br 00 Well, my dictionary just defines 'namesake' as a person or thing with the same name as another. If little Tom is given that name because he has an uncle called Tom, it doesn't sound wrong to say 'Tom and his uncle are namesakes'. 02 br 00 'Sake' has meanings related to 'in honour or consideration of', but I think the 'honour' of sharing a name can go in both directions.
- 0 Hi, 02 br 00 Well, my dictionary just defines 'namesake' as a person or thing with the same name as another.
- If little Tom is given that name because he has an uncle called Tom, it doesn't sound wrong to say 'Tom and his uncle are namesakes'.
- 02 br 00 'Sake' has meanings related to 'in honour or consideration of', but I think the 'honour' of sharing a name can go in both directions.
- 02 br 02 br 00 I admire your boldness.
- Some people might hesitate to define themselves as a sheep-lover.
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0 Hi, 02 br
00 Well, my dictionary just defines 'namesake' as a person or thing with the same name as another. If little Tom is given that name because he has an uncle called Tom, it doesn't sound wrong to say 'Tom and his uncle are namesakes'. 02 br
00 'Sake' has meanings related to 'in honour or consideration of', but I think the 'honour' of sharing a name can go in both d
00 Well, my dictionary just defines 'namesake' as a person or thing with the same name as another. If little Tom is given that name because he has an uncle called Tom, it doesn't sound wrong to say 'Tom and his uncle are namesakes'. 02 br
00 'Sake' has meanings related to 'in honour or consideration of', but I think the 'honour' of sharing a name can go in both d
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0 That was a really confusing question, and I wasn't quite sure what I was talking about. Thanks for helping me out, Clive. 02 br
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00 As for being a "sheep-lover", I'm proud of it. 05 0 00 I show lambs, and I love my lambs as much as anyone else would love their dog or cat. 02 br
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00 As for being a "sheep-lover", I'm proud of it. 05 0 00 I show lambs, and I love my lambs as much as anyone else would love their dog or cat. 02 br
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0 Sarah - forgive me for asking - but are your lambs just pets, or do they eventually become someone's dinner? (I'm just curious - I have a daughter about your age, I think, also named Sarah, also a Beatles fan, who is a staunch vegetarian.) 02 br
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00 I agree that there should be a different word for the older person after whom the younger person is named, but I guess ther
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00 I agree that there should be a different word for the older person after whom the younger person is named, but I guess ther
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0 No problem at all, I'm open to any questions. Unfortunately, some of my lambs do become someone's dinner. 05 0 00 My family farms for a living, so we have to sell some of the little critters. (and yes, I have eaten lamb) Typically the only ones we sale are the wethers (the equivilant of a steer). The ewes we keep to add back to the flock. The lamb sale is often a tearful event, but its a
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0 Perhaps 'eponym'; which Merriam-Webster defines as: 02 br
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00 1 : one for whom or which something is or is believed to be named 02 br
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00 Thus John Lennon is the eponym of John Lennon Airport in Liverpool. 02 br
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00 I 'feel' that eponym is only for 'things', not people. My Canadian Oxford Dictionary talks about 'discovery, invention, place, institution etc.' Perhaps 'etc.' could include people, but it doesn't sound quite right to me. 02 br
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00 I 'feel' that eponym is only for 'things', not people. My Canadian Oxford Dictionary talks about 'discovery, invention, place, institution etc.' Perhaps 'etc.' could include people, but it doesn't sound quite right to me. 02 br
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0 It is a strange little word. But I suppose we describe Tom Jones as the 'eponymous hero' of 01 i 00 Tom Jones 02 i 00 (i.e. the book is named for the character); so presumably Tom Jones himself is the eponym. 02 br
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Eponym. That's the word you're looking for. If my nephew is named for me, he is my namesake and I am his eponum.
Also holds true for roads, buildings, whatever.
Hope this helps
Also holds true for roads, buildings, whatever.
Hope this helps
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I believe the correct answer is a French language term I came across years ago, the meaning of which is "the one whom I am named after." I don't remember the word, unfortunately, but it was along the lines of "auber....auberjonior"? Something like that. Similar to the name of actor Rene Auberjonios.
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