General Chat

... how some people's surnames match their occupation?

I was reading the local paper for Herne Bay recently and they were advertising the opening of a new branch of a well-known estate agents. The Manager's name? Mr Goodsell, LOL!

Anyone else seen any good ones?

Athena

Years ago in this area we had two plumbers

One was called Mr Bath

and the other was Mr Pipe

also had an electrician called Mr Watts

i read on line that our surnames actually started by what our occupation was , mine was purvis started off as purveor off goods seller of goods it was really interesting xx

When I lived in cornwall me and a mate set up a little general handyman business and we called ourselves 'Bodgit and Leggit' and we did!

I had school teachers with appropriate names.

Miss Rhymer for English....Miss Taylor for needlework.

Gwyn

like those solicitors, Screwem, Grabbit and Runn

lol....local estate agents.... Crook and Blight!!!

Love

Daff xxx

LOL, some good ones there!

Cook - does that mean I am one :) err no lol

Hev xx

Once had to take BIL for emergency dental treatment when we were on holiday in Winchester dentists name.... Mr Fang!

Think he might have been Chinese lol

Linda x

I had a dentist once called Dr Pullem - honest!!!

maggie

my Mum once had a rheumatologist called Dr A..e!! and the missing letters are rs. That was one place she didn't suffer from rheumatism

I had a dentist called.......Mr Brace

&

A Dr called....Dr Pain

xxx

Those are all so funny!!

Makes you wonder if, when they were teens, they decided on a career based on their surname. Good sense of humour if they did!

Personally, I don't think I'd be able to keep a straight face if I came face to face with a dentist called Mr Fang or Pullem LOL

Athena

I believe its called something like 'nominative predeterminism' (or something like that) and is actually a recognised phenomena that's studied in sociology/pyschology etc terms - ie the extent to which someone's future occupation is, even on just a subconscious level, determined by their surname. The term Aptonym (or alternatively aptronym) also applies.

My son hurt his foot,went to hospital,and was seen by a Dr.Foote,truth !!

Maddy

Wow, Simon - thanks for that info! I've just been having fun Googling lists of aptonyms - found some really funny ones:

Scott Constable - a police officer
Mr D'Eath - a surgeon
Miss Baldy - a hairdresser
Will Dunn - a lawyer

Hehehe - I didn't realise that this was a recognised phenomena and that people had actually set up websites about it!

Athena

WE have funeral directors in oxford called reeves and Pain, my maiden name was Wharton any idea;s where that came from

School - we had an RE teacher called Mrs Angel - she insisted it was pronounced On-jel.

Lyn x

We also have a funeral directors called:

R S Cape (Our Escape)!

Lyn x