I have a slightly different understanding of the patronymic. It is indeed derived from the father's first name as deaconB says, but it isn't a surname...

Gill is a common name in Commonwealth countries, spelled either with a G or J. It seems there are more G varieties than J. Case in point: I have two...

deaconB said I corrected "gril" as "grill" and was marked incorrect, because it's really a misspelling of "girl". I *still* feel like I was trea...

I just listened to the piece from the show on 'of an evening' and I was not totally convinced by it. Here is an example of what I thought was a typic...

Hmm. Interesting options. I have to think about - and further notice - what sort of medium they're using.

I read it heimhenge's second option. Though I'm not sure how the example relates to 'of an evening.' I can say this though: 'of an evening' is like...

Smort accurately describes the Pittsburghism n'at. I've lived in both Pittsburgh and Wisconsin and have to say I haven't noticed n'at in WI. Or the ye...