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[Surname] blucher and shrapnel
The first is mistranslated as "glue" and the second gave rise to the word for a type of bomb and debris... anyone knows what these surname actually meant?
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You'll find the origin of Blucher at http://www.ancestry.com/name-origin?surname=blucher. Shrapnel(l) is an English surname which is thought to come from French Charbonnel via Sharpanel. Charbonnel is derived from charbon 'coal'.
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Thanks :D
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