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wjrii @lemmy.world

1w ago

Medieval ladies be like...

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"And this is our cousin, Tiffany."
- Poor CGP Grey went down the Tiffany rabbit hole, and made a second video just to vent about the hellish research process he went through.
- Wait so Breakfast At Tiffany's is based on a true story?
  
  I believe that's the only logical conclusion, yes.
CONTEXT: "Margaret" and near linguistic cousins were extremely popular names in Medieval Europe, specifically England and France, to the point where of the 43 people (and 8 women) here, four of them are Margarets (and most of them were related one way or another). Peggy is probably a bit anachronistic, but it too is a form of Margaret.
- Peggy is probably a bit anachronistic, but it too is a form of Margaret.
  You mean both Homer Simpson and Al Bundy married a Margaret ?
  
  And Hank Hill
I didn't have this solely pegged as almost entirely a reverse teragram.
- No sir, it's Peggy, not Pegged.
  
  Hey now, y'all, I didn't put the NSFW tag on this one. 🤣
  
  edit ohhhh now I understand, ed-AIfication will never serve as a worthy replacement without the y.
Lucky family to have that many kids reach adulthood.
And Peggy.
WORK!
Wow, Heathers was legit
“Hi, I’m Larry, this’s my brother, Darryl, an’ this’s my other brother, Darryl.”
- Givin' me that Macho Man Randy Savage stare

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