cm0002@lemy.lol to Memes@sopuli.xyz · 22 hours agoFirst president of USAlemy.lolimagemessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up1351
arrow-up1351imageFirst president of USAlemy.lolcm0002@lemy.lol to Memes@sopuli.xyz · 22 hours agomessage-square6fedilink
minus-squareAeronMelon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up40·22 hours agoKid: “They sure had weird names back then.”
minus-squareTheTechnician27@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·edit-219 hours agoAnd to be fair, “Getty” isn’t unbelievable at all for the given name of a Founding Father: Gunning Bedford Jr. Elbridge Gerry (fuck this guy in particular btw) Button Gwinnett Titus Hosmer Francis Lightfoot Lee Gouverneur Morris Robert Treat Paine Charles Cotesworth Pinckney Richard Dobbs Spaight And plenty of non-Founding Fathers had similarly peculiar names. If “Images” weren’t such a common English word, I’d say even that would be arguable.
minus-squareFiskFisk33@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkarrow-up6·14 hours agoWith british surnames like Garlick, Cockburn, Smellie and Gotobed existing, Images seems quite plausible really.
minus-squaresmeenz@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·16 hours ago“Back then” meaning anything before 2015
Kid: “They sure had weird names back then.”
And to be fair, “Getty” isn’t unbelievable at all for the given name of a Founding Father:
And plenty of non-Founding Fathers had similarly peculiar names. If “Images” weren’t such a common English word, I’d say even that would be arguable.
With british surnames like Garlick, Cockburn, Smellie and Gotobed existing, Images seems quite plausible really.
“Back then” meaning anything before 2015