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bpoyner
489 days ago
Along these lines, 'Mc' and 'Mac' mean 'son of' in Scottish and Irish surnames.
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psim1
489 days ago
Martin, son of Fly, the first time traveler and inventor of rock-and-roll music.
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soperj
489 days ago
Technically Einstein was the first time traveler. He traveled one minute into the future.
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fuzz_junket
488 days ago
Technically Doc Brown was alive in 1885, having travelled there from 1955, so he was the first time traveller by a good 100 years before Einstein.
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myroon5
488 days ago
Source:
https://youtu.be/nNM9nzeifuI
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dghf
489 days ago
And similarly 'O' for 'descendant of' in Irish surnames (e.g O'Neill).
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layer8
489 days ago
Also the famous greek hunter O’Ryan. ;)
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thaumasiotes
488 days ago
There is an unusual Chinese family name, 欧阳 ouyang, which is sometimes anglicized into the form O'Young.
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HeyLaughingBoy
489 days ago
Like O'Bama?
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fuzz_junket
487 days ago
I love O'Bama, the famous O'lympic athlete.
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