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To: Boogieman

Of course, you realize “da Vinci” isn’t some sort of surname or epithet, but merely means he was “from Venice,” right? As opposed to Charlemagne, which means “Charles the Great,” and totally WAS an epithet he was given. Or Julius Caesar (King Julius). Or Barbarossa, which was a nickname.

On the other hand, even though Jennifer Lopez tried to go by “Jennie from the Bronx,” it would be silly to call her, “Hey! From the Bronx! Call me!”


15 posted on 02/01/2022 10:12:04 AM PST by dangus
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To: dangus

He wasn’t from Venice. The family was from Vinci in Tuscany.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vinci,_Tuscany


18 posted on 02/01/2022 10:30:49 AM PST by irishjuggler
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To: dangus

Biden means Dumas from Delaware


23 posted on 02/01/2022 10:46:09 AM PST by al baby (Hi Mom Hi Dad)
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To: dangus

Gaius Julius Caesar was born in Rome, Italy in the year 100 BCE to the patrician family of Gaius Julius Caesar and his wife Aurelia

Caesar was his last name.


27 posted on 02/01/2022 10:57:22 AM PST by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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