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Books on Onomastics
December 21, 2013 9:51 am
(@grantbarrett)
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Many common English surnames--such as Taylor, Miller, Shoemaker, Smith, and many others--tell a story about life in the Middle Ages. Two good books on the study of names, also known as onomastics, are The Surname Detective and a Dictionary of English Surnames, both by Colin D. Rogers. This is part of a complete episode.
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