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I think you've said it ...things get named for all sorts of reasons and from all sorts of people. Sometimes lousy nicknames stick and become a source of pride (i.e. 'Tiny' Nate Archibald) and sometimes people just forget what the original meaning was.

But I think you stated correctly that the town of the "lispers" (if that's a word?) probably was named by outsiders who thought the locals spoke funny. Eventually they were all either merged, overridden by others or whatever ...but the name stuck.

I'd say it's not a huge percentage, but certainly many names come from what would have originally been perceived as a negative connotation.

• Surname meaning? - Daniel H. Blazejewski  Oct 7 2004, 11:33:14 AM
  • Re: Surname meaning? - Menke  Oct 7 2004, 1:42:04 PM
    • But... - Name, Subject and Message.  Oct 7 2004, 6:07:51 PM
      • Re: But... - Menke  Oct 8 2004, 1:32:57 AM
        • Good Point - Re: But...  Oct 11 2004, 12:35:24 PM
        • Wow, thanks, everyone. - Daniel H. Blazejewski  Oct 8 2004, 2:35:22 PM
          • Re: Wow, thanks, everyone. - Menke  Oct 9 2004, 12:59:34 PM
      • Re: But... - Sean Foglai  Oct 7 2004, 6:41:42 PM