• Question: why do people have names ?

    Asked by laylaleighh to Alastair, Emma, Hywel, Keith, Vicki on 16 Jun 2010 in Categories: .
    • Photo: Alastair Sloan

      Alastair Sloan answered on 16 Jun 2010:

      People have names for identify them and also names have meanings and they described a person. The surname originally was linked what they did as an occupation (such as Baker). Names get passed down through history from generation to generation and get modified to the names we recognise now.

    • Photo: Keith Brain

      Keith Brain answered on 16 Jun 2010:

      So that people can talk about them behind their backs … or, more politely, when they are not present. Otherwise, we can refer to someone by pointing.

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