His Name Really Is "Barkeep": Difference between revisions
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'''Bob:''' "That's a very interesting story."
'''Hummelbeck:''' "I think it'd be a more interesting story if I knew what the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court was doing on the reservation in our tent on the day I was born, but nobody seems to remember that." }}
== Real Life ==▼
* Where do you think surnames like "Smith" or "Fisher" came from? Though in English these are converted into patronims ("Smith('s)son") less often than in some other languages. It's more obvious in Scandinavia, where the name would be "Smithsson".▼
** Speaking of which, many Scandinavian names originated back when conscription was invented. Commanders sick of a platoon full of guys all named Eriksson would simply rename them after their function or temperament, which is how they ended up with family names translated as "Grenade", "Gun", "Spear", "Keep" or "Brave."▼
*** Oddly enough, the more literal reading of this trope (IE, being named for a job which one also happens to have) is unusually ''un''common in Sweden and some other Scandinavian regions - job-surnames are oddly rare, almost unheard of, so the chances of both having such a surname ''and'' having the same job approaches zero.▼
* ''[[Mr. T]]'''s legal name ''is'' "Mister"▼
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* One plot on ''[[Neopets]]'' included a supporting character who was known only as "the scout" until the very end, when she was asked about her name and revealed that it was, in fact, Scout.
* In [[Naruto the Abridged Comedy Fandub Spoof Series Show]], the Hokage's name is Joe Hokage.
▲== Real Life ==
* Surnames like "Smith" or "Fisher" began as occupational [[wikipedia:Byname|bynames]]. Gradually, as it was common for a son to learn the same trade as his father, these bynames were reanalyzed as surnames.
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▲** Speaking of which, many Scandinavian names originated back when conscription was invented. Commanders sick of a platoon full of guys all named Eriksson would simply rename them after their function or temperament, which is how they ended up with family names translated as "Grenade", "Gun", "Spear", "Keep" or "Brave."
▲*** Oddly enough, the more literal reading of this trope (IE, being named for a job which one also happens to have) is unusually ''un''common in Sweden and some other Scandinavian regions - job-surnames are oddly rare, almost unheard of, so the chances of both having such a surname ''and'' having the same job approaches zero.
▲* ''[[Mr. T]]'''s legal name ''is'' "Mister"
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