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lastfmuser
imagine if people still took last names from their trade like fisher, smith and fletcher. imagine some guy introducing himself to you as jonathan podcaster

scribblestheunicorn
It’s him,

Ted Talker

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    "The prefix “from” is how you know a family comes from the old middle class. Rich families used “the”, as in “Jane TheCeo or Peter TheChairman.”

    “Working class families just don’t get a prefix. That’s why there are so many James Burgerkings out there”.