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bobstafford Started conversation Mar 24, 2019
Interesting quiz great uncle Titch was a carter in Kent.
Well done
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Dmitri Gheorgheni, Post Editor Posted Mar 24, 2019
I wonder how many other trades we can come up with represented on h2g2.
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bobstafford Posted Mar 24, 2019
There are many more
eg; Boniface Was an innkeeper 
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Caiman raptor elk - Inside big box, thinking. Posted Mar 25, 2019
We have a Miller here
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Caiman raptor elk - Inside big box, thinking. Posted Mar 25, 2019
Recently saw an article wondering what kind of surnames we would have, had the surname been invented in 2018. Proposals included Printer, Vlogger, Whitevan, WiFi, Snapstreak, Fidget spinner, No Family, ....
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Dmitri Gheorgheni, Post Editor Posted Mar 25, 2019
Fidget Spinner....I know a few kids that name would fit...
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bobstafford Posted Mar 27, 2019
Just a little extra for those are interestied.
Wain wright - A wain is a cart and a Wain wright was the maker, the name was used up to Constables time in his painting the Haywain in 1821
Fletcher - he put the feathers "fletchings" on the blunt end of an arrow
Thatcher - he put the straw roofs on buildings
Scrivener - The adreviation is scribe a writer
Faulkner - Teaches Hawks to hunt and provodes for thair care
Fuller - Was involed in the of dying cloth, the final rincing process
Reeve - The full title Shire Reeve its till with the folks in the USA as Sherrif.
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Caiman raptor elk - Inside big box, thinking. Posted Apr 3, 2019
There are also lots of (Dutch) names around that seemed funny at the time:
Naaktgeboren: Born naked
Van Hetzelfde: What he said
Lachniet: Don't laugh
Baksteen: Brick (A guy with this surname has been spokesman for the pilots association for years. Still wondering how he stayed airborne.)
Gijselaar: Hostage
Heneweer: Back and forth
Kippenbroek: Chickenpants
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Caiman raptor elk - Inside big box, thinking. Posted Apr 3, 2019
And there are many more (some of which didn't pass the philther, even in Dutch)
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Caiman raptor elk - Inside big box, thinking. Posted Apr 4, 2019
OK, some more surnames then:
Publiekhuijsen: Public houses (probably work related)
Ramp: Disaster
Rotmensen: Rotten people
Grasmaijer: Lawn mower
Spinmuis: spidermouse
Stoorvogel: Jamming bird
Heethaar: Hot hair
Hebbes: Gotcha!
Hilarius: Need I say more?
Wormgoor: Gross worm
Komtebedde: Come to bed
Koopziek: Shopaholic
Kreeftenberg: Lobster mountain
De Rocker: Probably likes classical music...
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Dmitri Gheorgheni, Post Editor Posted Apr 4, 2019
This would make a good Guide Entry. 
Also the historical background to this name-giving.
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