I will sometimes post a question on the Quora Site, after which Quora will notify me via email as to any response, such as this one:
Of course I would have to read what he answered:
I decided to comment on Chris Fagg’s answer to my question, that I did find both amusing and insulting, since my question was scientifically based, as well as the answer I then provided. Mr. Fagg’s answer to my question was simply this:
At least give Kipling the credit: I Keep Six Honest Serving Men
Okay, so it’s tongue in cheek … so lighten up Right… Write… WRIGHT!!! So in keeping with the poetry theme, here’s my answer to Mr. Fagg:
Fagg
(poem by May Ocean)
What lay hidden in the surname Fagg?
Is the leading “f” pronounced as “v”?
Like "hereof," "whereof," and "thereof"?
After all, is not herstory often vague?
Is the “ag” ending, hard, soft or even lighter?
Like wag, rage, or silent like fighter?
Do you recall the surname Bhagg?
Where in villages of old it was highly praised?
When times were vastly different for women?
Why then did it change to Bag and Hag?
How will we ever know the origin of daughter?
Who will dare speak up to say it was once doctor?
Here’s some research links to get you started:
- *bhag-Proto-Indo-European root meaning "to share out, apportion; to get a share."
- Last Name Fagg: This interesting English surname originated in Kent as a metonymic nickname describing a fishmonger or baker. The surname dates back to the 13th Century. One source attributes the name to the Old English word "Fagg", a flat fish, plaice or a flat loaf, and is reflected in the early modern word "Fadge". Another source informs us that the nickname is a variation from either of two homonymous Middle English words "fagge" and "Fage", the former meaning a fault in the weave of a piece of cloth, the latter, deception, or flattery. In the South of England, the "V" was regarded as the normal Southern pronunciation of "F" and was replaced by it. Thus we get recordings such as Richard le Vag (Assize Rolls for Somerset, 1269)
- quag(n.)"marshy spot," 1580s, a variant of Middle English quabbe "a marsh, bog, shaking marshy soil," from Old English *cwabba "shake, tremble" (like something soft and flabby).
Of course, I do see another twist in Mr. Fagg’s comment to my question re his reference of giving credit. I should get used to saying that much of what I/we say and do is influenced by my/our inner twin — we are two who work together as one. The same is true of Mr. Kipling— his genius poetry also stems from his inner twin’s genius and the inner twin world.
And yes, Mr. Fagg’s response was influenced by his inner twin as per the inner twin worlds mandate to come out and communicate. I have learned over the past 25 years, that this is how they have chosen to communicate to me/us at this point in time. And yes, I/we are expected to visit Kipling’s Wikipedia page to investigate further.
To read my answer to my question, go to:
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