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{{wp|The Simpsons|''The Simpsons''}} predates this wiki by more than a decade; someone considered Homer? --[[User:Old Dickens|Old Dickens]] ([[User talk:Old Dickens|talk]]) 02:58, 19 April 2019 (UTC) | {{wp|The Simpsons|''The Simpsons''}} predates this wiki by more than a decade; someone considered Homer? --[[User:Old Dickens|Old Dickens]] ([[User talk:Old Dickens|talk]]) 02:58, 19 April 2019 (UTC) | ||
I think they mean {{wp|Homer|Homer}}, author of the {{wp|Illiad|Illiad}} and The {{wp|Oddysey|Oddysey}}. -[[User:Jagra|Jagra]] ([[User talk:Jagra|talk]]) 10:10, 19 April 2019 (UTC) | :I think they mean {{wp|Homer|Homer}}, author of the {{wp|Illiad|Illiad}} and The {{wp|Oddysey|Oddysey}}. -[[User:Jagra|Jagra]] ([[User talk:Jagra|talk]]) 10:10, 19 April 2019 (UTC) | ||
Well, sure, but you'd think ''The Simpsons'' killed any demand for the name. Know any English-speaking Homers under the age of twenty? "Hannibal" might be another example. --[[User:Old Dickens|Old Dickens]] ([[User talk:Old Dickens|talk]]) 15:41, 19 April 2019 (UTC) | |||
Both Gawain and Wayne come from the same source: Gawain is an ancient British name, i.e. the ancestor of modern Welsh and Cornish, and Wayne is anglicised from the modern Welsh Owain, which ultimately comes from the Bible (being a cambrianised form of John.) --[[User:Lhspanner|Lhspanner]] ([[User talk:Lhspanner|talk]]) 22:20, 26 April 2019 (GMT) | |||
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The Simpsons predates this wiki by more than a decade; someone considered Homer? --Old Dickens (talk) 02:58, 19 April 2019 (UTC)
- I think they mean Homer, author of the Illiad and The Oddysey. -Jagra (talk) 10:10, 19 April 2019 (UTC)
Well, sure, but you'd think The Simpsons killed any demand for the name. Know any English-speaking Homers under the age of twenty? "Hannibal" might be another example. --Old Dickens (talk) 15:41, 19 April 2019 (UTC)
Both Gawain and Wayne come from the same source: Gawain is an ancient British name, i.e. the ancestor of modern Welsh and Cornish, and Wayne is anglicised from the modern Welsh Owain, which ultimately comes from the Bible (being a cambrianised form of John.) --Lhspanner (talk) 22:20, 26 April 2019 (GMT)