Harriet Monkhouse hflysator@jarriere.demon.co.uk wrote:
Iain replied to me:
I really think eponym is a fairly large blanket.
No, that's 'duvet'. Eponym is something quite different.
I'm a bit worried if you can't distinguish sheep from geese.
Harriet
"Would you like me to go and stick my head in a bucket of water? I've gotone ready." - Marvin, HHGTTG
My original comment was that as a specific word had been created for 'names from places' why not 'names from things/ideas etc' - these might be 'useful words'
Jacqui
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