Whitworth

[nq:1]What, if there is one, is the meaning of that surname?[/nq]
What, if anything, does your question mean?

Blue Sow

[nq:1]What, if there is one, is the meaning of that surname?[/nq]
English surnames derive from 1) first names, 2) place-names, 3) nicknames, or 4) occupation names.
In this case "Whitworth" is a place-name in County Durham, meaning 'Hwita's enclosure'.

John Briggs

[nq:1]What, if there is one, is the meaning of that surname?[/nq]
Oh look, a thread called "Whitworth". How droll.

Mike Barnes

[nq:2]What, if there is one, is the meaning of that surname?[/nq]
[nq:1]Oh look, a thread called "Whitworth". How droll.[/nq]
How nutty.

Peter Duncanson, UK
(in uk.culture.language.english)

[nq:2]Oh look, a thread called "Whitworth". How droll.[/nq]
[nq:1]How nutty.[/nq]
Yes, well, I suggest we let it die.

David - toro-danyo atcost uku fullstop co fullstop uk http://www.toro-danyo.uku.co.uk/

01:15, sabato 13 gennaio 2007, Blue Sow:
[nq:2]What, if there is one, is the meaning of that surname?[/nq]
[nq:1]What, if anything, does your question mean?[/nq]
I am sorry for my English.
As much as grammar is concerned, was my question wrong, or strange?
I supposed that surnames have a meaning, or at least they have an etymological history.

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01:29, sabato 13 gennaio 2007, John Briggs:
[nq:2]What, if there is one, is the meaning of that surname?[/nq]
[nq:1]English surnames derive from 1) first names, 2) place-names, 3) nicknames, or 4) occupation names. In this case "Whitworth" is a place-name in County Durham, meaning 'Hwita's enclosure'.[/nq]
Thank you very much.
I read on my old dictionary that "whit" means a very li

14:56, sabato 13 gennaio 2007, Mike Barnes:
[nq:2]What, if there is one, is the meaning of that surname?[/nq]
[nq:1]Oh look, a thread called "Whitworth". How droll.[/nq]
How should I value "droll"?
(I am not an English speaker, unfortunately)

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16:10, sabato 13 gennaio 2007, Peter Duncanson:
[nq:2]Oh look, a thread called "Whitworth". How droll.[/nq]
[nq:1]How nutty.[/nq]
How should I value "nutty"?
(Is this an Americanism?)

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17:50, sabato 13 gennaio 2007, David:
[nq:1]Yes, well, I suggest we let it die.[/nq]
I am sorry if I resuscitate it for a while, maybe I have been unpolite asking that question?
In that case, please forgive me; as I said I am not an English speaker.

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