https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TmAnjlQbRSE
Lots of FReepers take it literally (though they're not wrong).
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WMARSHAL - The name William Marshal sounds ordinary enough and could belong to any unremarkable Englishman. The chances are that you do not associate it with anyone of note. Yet William Marshal – or William the Marshal – was one of the greatest men ever to have lived and arguably the greatest ever Englishman.
Although inexplicably omitted from schoolroom history he has a dozen claims to fame. He unhorsed Richard, the future King Richard I, the Lionheart, in battle and spared his life. He loyally served five Plantagenate kings, including Richard his erstwhile enemy, who had the sense to recognise Marshal’s qualities.
He defeated over 500 opponents in single combat, knighted two kings, ruled England as Regent, beat a powerful French army on English soil, saved the kingdom of England, and earned the respect of Europe. He was called “The Flower of Chivalry”. Stephen Langton, the Archbishop of Canterbury, described him as the “greatest knight that ever lived”. Every king and great nobleman in Europe had an officer called a marshal, but by the time of his death in 1219 the whole of Europe knew William as “The Marshal.
He also went on Crusade and killed a lot of Muslim fanatics.
http://www.medievalwarfare.info/marshal.htm
Jan in PA. janipa -because it sounded better. But unbeknownst to me, it is an Indonesian surname. No longer in PA, tho.
This is terrible but...
My Christian name is Hugh.
The rest would be obvious in person.
Thomas Sumter, one of the heroes of the Revolutionary War, was nicknamed the "Carolina Gamecock" based on his reputation as a fierce warrior.
The Gamecock is the mascot of my alma mater, THE University of South Carolina
Most people in NJ live near an exit —— either on the Turnpike or the Garden State Parkway. Ergo -— Exit148.
You got a problem with that??
I was inebriated. The keyboard won.
My son was in Iraq when I finally stopped lurking and signed up at FR. He was a Screaming Eagle, 101st Airborne, hence, SE Mom.
LUV W
Nuff said. :)
Cool thread!
I worked in the hotel business for a number of years: Hot. And my first name is: Kathleen. Kinda cute HotKat.
Being a bit of an electric guitar enthusiast, I used the nickname of Pete Townshend’s 100 watt, plexiglass-paneled Marshall amplifier.
I am a spook.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TmAnjlQbRSE
Lots of FReepers take it literally (though they're not wrong).
Portion of the name of my beautiful red Doberman. And year of birth or age when I started online, can’t remember which.
When I became a Grannie, my grandsons always called me introduced me to others as Grams. When the youngest grandson was three, one of the teachers at his preschool asked him what my first name was and he responded “Grams”. Though they are now 15 and 25, they still call me Grams, as do all of their friends.
Someone told me a long time ago that the only real treasures you leave on this earth are your grandchildren and I am so blessed to have two awesome grandsons.
My origin: patriotism
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Zot was my FR username before it acquired its special meaning on FR. Before that, it was my character name in the Dungeons and Dragons board games. I borrowed it from the sound lightning makes in the BC comic strip.
A corruption of St. Anthony of Padua, patron saint of lost articles including many of my own precious marbles. Heard the pronunciation on Cheers (Carla Tortelli nee Rhea Perlman), and it stuck with me. So devoted am I to my favorite saint that I’ve written (but not published) a novel of him, where he is portrayed with a lovely sense of humor and innocence but is bedeviled by many of the other saints and angels. My portrayal of him in no way represents the documented history. Rather, it is my ideal of a divine sense of humor that is slightly wicked.
Simple. My role model is Margaret Thatcher, the Iron Lady.