Some people became famous for its great achievements, while others inelegant a place in our collective memory with the search for identification processes.
Previously in this space there are eponymous connection with the word "sandwich" was an English Earl of Fife, who invented the meat snack and bread to him in cross woven Card support.
The name of Derrick, the inventor of a portable gallows, came to a lifting device can be applied.
Maverick, an eccentric TexasMany farmers had cows that did not bother with the general practice of branding
This is the political season, consider the fate eponymic Elbridge Gerry, governor of Massachusetts in 1812.
Gerry was a Revolutionary War soldier which ended in important political successes. Politicians have been ups and downs come-back-then and now.
The U.S. Constitution provides that politicians are bounded by the districts of equal population elected. TheseEnclaves are determined by the census every ten years.
Unfortunately, our base is not specified, not to document the shape of those districts. It 'was quickly discovered that the concentration of political advantage, his friends or his enemies dilution could be obtained.
John Fiske in his 1890 "Civil Government in the United States," said the practice started in 1788 by the enemies of the Federal Constitution in Virginia. The objective was to prevent the election of James Madison, the firstCongress. Fortunately for history, not an effort.
However, the potential positioning of the boundary has been recognized as a political tool. Today the two major parties spend a lot of time and money designing neighborhoods Congress. This is a science based on extensive questioning.
When Gerry was governor of Massachusetts, the Democratic state legislature redistributed districts "to ensure increased representation of the Democratic Party in the Senate."
A stringEssex County town contiguous to the north and west boundaries were populated by a small majority of Democrats. They were lined up in a strange way of 29 members of the Republican Party to produce with fewer votes than Democratic senators in the 11 cities with a majority of the Whigs.
The Massachusetts Spy Whig newspaper editor has seen the result and made a map of the districts to the wall of his office to keep fresh his disgust.
Gilbert Stuart, a Whig and great painter GeorgeWashington remained a day peephole and saw the new map of the area.
The configuration was his gaze. Stuart took a pencil sketch of the new Democratic districts and has a few violent characteristics dragon. He said: "This will do for a salamander!"
"Handling" said the editor. Published map doctored front page, and there was widespread for other states as an example of Democratic perfidy.
Handling is still the genericDeadline for the handling of the district on both sides for political advantage.
Strangely, the governor had opposed the District Gerry.
The wonderful Crapper
Another famous myth involves eponymic Thomas Crapper - a plumber talented English royal household from 1861 to 1904.
According to Dr. Andy Gibbons, historian of the International Thomas Crapper Society, hydraulics instead of nine high-quality patents - four for the improvement of water purification systems, three toilets, one for manhole covers andthe date for fittings.
"It was the most famous product attributed to Thomas Crapper invented by him." Valved sewage Preventer breastfeeding was' a system that waters important toilet tank up on the wall in order to take advantage of increased severity.
A patent for this device was made in 1819 by Albert Giblin, an employee of the Crapper. It 'probably Crapper bought the patent rights from Giblin to the market "Thos. Crapper patented Waterfall No 1".
Definitely,Install Waterfalls by many members of the royal family. However, he was never knighted "Sir" - as is generally assumed.
Ken Grabowski, a biographer and author Crapper Health World Magazine, says the jargon "shit" for human waste from the "German-Dutch Krappe derivatives crapper and Middle English - meaning smelly fish.
He postulated that returns slang for "toilet" was brought to England after the First World War by American soldiers. They saw the name appears Crappervisible on toilet tanks and carelessly replaced the term more colorful.
Boycott
The American Heritage Dictionary of the English language assures us that the name of "boycott" is recognized as such.
Charles C. Boycott seems to be a concept, because a strong sense of duty to the employer.
An Englishman and former British soldier, Boycott estate agent for the Earl of Erne in County Mayo, Ireland. The count was one of the postal voteLandowners, as a group, most of the territory in Ireland instead.
Boycott was chosen in the fall of 1880 to test case for a new policy of Charles Parnell, Irish politician who wanted land reform will be represented.
Each owner who rents lower, or tenants, took over the courtyard of a displaced tenant, the complete cold shoulder by Parnell's supporters.
Boycott refused to reduce rents under their care and ejected tenants.
At this point, membersParnell's Irish Land League stepped on the boycott and his family found themselves isolated - without servants, farmhands, service in stores or mail delivery.
Boycott name was just the end of this treatment - not only in English, but took into other languages such as French, Dutch, German and Russian. See also: boycott, boycott, boycott, boycott.
Perhaps the biggest insult to his memory is the lack of capitalization of his nameDerivatives.
Parody
Master of verbal somersault was Rev. Dr. Archibald Spooner - wise and beloved Anglican priest in Oxford 1876-1879. Affectionately as "The spoo" he lectured on the history, philosophy and theology and was dean of the institute.
His head was so flexible, sometimes off by mistake before his speech and thought about the syllables of words within a sentence.
For example, if the strikes mental phenomenon, "a well-oiledBicycle "is" a well-boiled icicle. "
Spooner has been said, "looks like a white rabbit," because it is an albino - in short, was her face and pink eyes, large head and white hair.
It 'was brilliant in nature with a strong sense of humor. He laughed louder syllable to his flip-flop.
As soon punished a student skipped class: "You hissed my mystery lecture." His lectures were well attended for fear of losing a metathesis.
After a visit of Queen Victoria, picked up his SpoonerLeaded glass in a toast: "Three cheers for our queer old Dean!" Victoria has allowed that the toast was the most precise ever given her.
For the secretary of a department head Oxford, Spooner once asked: "And 'the bean dizzy?"
At a naval review, Spooner surprised "this ship cattle and thugs."
Act in a marriage, concluded with: "Now is CUSS kisstomary the bride."
Spooner was annoyed to hundreds of false debate, which attributed to him. Heconfessed, however, that on two occasions he created them to emphasize a point.
Today, there are books spoonerisms - largely apocryphal.
President Abraham was fond of them. In a personal style, has noticed a triple-play - "He said he rode a low-akward Jass-ACK from Patton-step."
The most famous metathesis committed by an American was to Harry von Zell, a popular radio station in 1931. In the conclusion of a birthday tribute to President Herbert HooverCell identifies himself to a national audience as "Hoobert Heever."
Zell was taken around the derailment for the rest of his illustrious career in film and television.
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Before August 2004
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