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Nominative predeterminism?

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[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago) (1 children)

That doesn't really make it any less crazy.

Imagine working at a smithy called Smiths run by Joe Smith, who is a Smith. That's at least as wild.
It's so on the nose that if you read it in a book you'd roll your eyes and call it lazy writing

[โ€“] ryathal 3 points 4 hours ago

That's actually the origin of several last names like Smith. Carpenter, Miller, Cooper, waller, Fisher, Chandler, Carter, black, and barker are believed to have originated from professions.