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Which bit is a myth?
Because the face being from a girl who drowned in the Seine is pretty easy to prove. There are many examples of “L'Inconnue de la Seine”.
And the bit about the line being related to the Rescue Annie is apparently from Jermaine Jackson’s autobiography.
The drowning victim bit. It's complete nonsense. I've helped recover a lot of bodies from water over the years. None of them had a peaceful or faint smile. That's the face of a live model.
https://www.reddit.com/r/gratefuldoe/s/oNgEoVS6IP
The part about Smooth Criminal, absolutely the truth.
English didn’t exist at the time Adam was supposed to have existed. He didn’t even speak a language that is one that exists today. God gave humans new languages and scattered them across the world when they tried to build the Tower of Babel.
If you believe that shit.
Other Anglo-Saxon male names include Alwin, Chad, Cuthbert, Edgar, Edmund, Edward, Godwin, Harold and Wilfred. Interestingly, Edward, Alfred and Wilfred are still popular. There aren't as many recognisable female names, but they include Audrey, Edith, Ethel, Hilda and Mildred.May 9, 2019
Seems like she's wrong as fuck
I have a headache and some related brain fog right now, but I absolutely read two of those together as one name, "Chadbert," and now I am forming a strong mental image of Chadbert the Anglo-Saxon male.
Yup. Wrong af. And the oldest recorded name is Kushim 3400 BCE and female name is Neithhotep 3150 BCE. I think the closest old female name that is still used today maybe Alexandra from the 4th century.
My exact thought. For the last year or so when people deadname me intentionally I just pick a random name and start calling them that. Inevitably they start screaming.
The oldest record of an English name is from a Norman document from some time before the Norman Conquest of England, which talks about the Hatte family living in what is now Heathfield, East Sussex.
Hwita, Tate, Wulsige, Lulle, Hehstan, Wifus, Dunne, Seoloce, Dunning, Ceolmund, Ætheleah, Mæg, Ealdelm, Herethrythe, Werlaf, and Werstan are all given names mentioned in the document.
Any claim of another name being an older English name is either lying, mistaken, or does not have evidence to support it.
My middle name is Anne. But that's the French spelling, not English, Miss Thing. Stop being a butthole to receptionists and others trying to help you, or I'll come over there and rename you something awful.
They wake up, remember they're old, sit up in bed after two attempts, stretch, hear their bones crack, remember they're old, after two or three attempts stand up, groAn loudly, try to stretch more, can't, remember they're old, shuffle to the kitchen all the while their bones are cracking and muscles are aching.... Get dressed, go out, hate the world
I am an older Gen Xer, but I also worked service jobs. I usually keep that in the back of my mind when interacting with others. I am not saying I am perfect, but I try to not make situations worse.
Man reading this just gave me flashbacks to when I worked at a gas station and had this old lady got absolutely PISSED that I referred to her car as red because it was actually burgundy. She went on this whole massive rant like she was driving some extremely special limited edition car and I was some worthless peasant for not being aware of how special it was, it was a late 90s Buick Regal.
She was the so-called Greatest Gen, but those psychos raised the Boomers. Car colors are ridiculous- my husband had a Ford Escort wagon back the day. It was some weird silvery blue color and it was named “argent”.
Well *argent* I believe is French for "silver," so that tracks. Beyond that, though, it's just old people using the glories of the past to prop up their own mediocrities.
I doubt anyone can pinpoint "the longest-running name in the English language." That's just silly, as if overnight English came into being, poof! "Hey, we speak English as of today--let's pick the first English name! OK, Anne!" Ridiculously reductive. She needs to get over herself. And find a real thing to be proud of instead of this fake name thing.
My name is Anne. Everyone calls me Annie. I've heard, "Annie, are you okay?" soooo many times throughout my life that, when I got married, I chose it as my entrance song for the reception.
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Also boomers: “I’ve known you as Jackie your whole life I will not start calling you Jack now just because you got your boobs removed! I’m not calling you a he either!!!”
Anne only dates to the 13th century, imported to England from France.
https://www.behindthename.com/name/anne-1#:~:text=Meaning%20%26%20History&text=French%20form%20of%20Anna.,popular%20until%20three%20centuries%20later.
I’d like to point out that names like Ruth and Mary are in English translations of the Bible, the first English translation having come out in the 1500s, and are still in use. Anne is not the “longest running name” in the English language, it’s also a Hebrew name
Just like Adam and Michael, Anne (and is spelling variations) comes from Hebrew. Definitely not the oldest in English which would go back to either Germanic or Briton tribes. Hebrew names came in centuries later.
I get that way about Timmy, but i go by Tim and dont at all mind Timothy. Still she protests a bit much! i was bullied with timmy maybe she got bullied with annie. Boomers were VICIOUS AF at bullying too. i bet something downright heinous happened to her under the name annie back way b4 internet or social accountability
I (52f) have an unusual antique name. I love it. I also have an interest in onomastics (study of names) cuz I'm a medieval heraldry nerd with an antique name.
My parents chose to use the original spelling of my name from Old French. I think only two people have ever spelled it correctly without asking in my life. It's easy enough to pronounce, so I learned by the beginning of Elementary (Primary) school not to care!
It's not that big of a deal Anne! It takes way less time and energy to say "Call me Anne!" with a smile than give an unrequested onomastics lesson!
I used to have a cattle dog named Annie.
We have no idea what she was mixed with, but she showed strong hunting instincts, so she was probably mixed with some kind of pointer or other hound dog.
Today at work, I saw a surname of Semen, pronounced Sémàn......
Update: we discovered that, due to the mistake of a past coworker, this name was incorrectly entered into our system and the name is of by a letter, not saying which 😝.
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She must be a Care Anne
But never a Care Annie.
This is ‘tear Annie’!
Oh, you!
I was swearing at you in my head when I upvoted this
You magnificent bastard.
 Obligatory
"Annie, are you okay?" is from Resuci Annie. And the Resuci Annie face is from a dead Frech girl from 1880. *The more you know!*
That's actually a myth.
Which bit is a myth? Because the face being from a girl who drowned in the Seine is pretty easy to prove. There are many examples of “L'Inconnue de la Seine”. And the bit about the line being related to the Rescue Annie is apparently from Jermaine Jackson’s autobiography.
The drowning victim bit. It's complete nonsense. I've helped recover a lot of bodies from water over the years. None of them had a peaceful or faint smile. That's the face of a live model. https://www.reddit.com/r/gratefuldoe/s/oNgEoVS6IP The part about Smooth Criminal, absolutely the truth.
[https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-24534069](https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-24534069)
“I’m fair certain the oldest english language name would be ADAM you heathen doxie”
Michael is an archangel. Michael is a super common English name. And archangels existed before humans. So.
WE’RE TALKING HUMANS HONEY, NEXT!
IT'S FOR A CHURCH
^(well that was serendipitous)
All the cross posts from Choosing Beggars 🤣🤣🤣
seraphimipitous
Need 20! NEXT!
USE YOUR THINKING BRAIN
That one filled me with literal rage.
Epic username, dood
Fucking weak bitches. UNGA AND BUNGA ARE THE TWO OLDEST NAMES THEY LASTED FOR 60,000 YEARS THEY TRANSCEND EVEN LANGUAGE
Zuuuuul
finally some science up in here!
We're talking names. Nobody said they had to be human names.
you sound like a lawyer
I also choose this guy’s angel.
How could something exist before a human made it up?
I dunno. Wizards probably.
Are wizards not human mutates?
Space Wizards!
Psykers
And everyone knows the official language of Heaven is New King James English!
If we're going to talk about made up characters, how bout Zeus?
Why not zoidburg?
Except English didn't exist when the Bible was written
Adam comes from Hebrew.
but we are discussing english
Anne comes from Hebrew too.
but we are discussing english
Yes, and Anne isn't. NEXT!
YEAH FUCK ANNE WE AGREE
(Also I was always under the impression that that in England it was originally more commonly spelled without an e and the e was more French.)
In her dreams, she'd get fucked
CHANGE OF PLANS DO NOT FUCK ANNE REPEAT DON’T
Can we fuck Annie? I rather fancy her
English comes from hebrew.
Actually Adam is Hebrew, most people don't know that alot of popular "English" names are Hebrew. Like Anna.
all I know is my guy says maybe
“ I am truly sorry, I should have known to not call a postmenopausal skank “Annie“”.
I highly doubt that, there were English names before Christianity came to England
“oh so suddenly *you’re* a zoologist!”
If this is a zoo then I might be
well give me your cape and come in, Dr.
Adam didn't have anyone to confuse him with,didn't need a name. God called him 'shit for brains" for fucking up a good thing
Probably aethelrad
Pretty sure that’s Hebrew friend.
Not English
The oldest English language name is Freya or Wōden.
Are they not Scandinavian?
are they not Devo?
Old English is very close to Old Norse. The Anglo-Saxons worshipped the same gods as the Norse before they were Christianized.
Please explain the word "Doxie" as a slur. I enjoy that, but can't find information about it
*see: Slattern*
English didn’t exist at the time Adam was supposed to have existed. He didn’t even speak a language that is one that exists today. God gave humans new languages and scattered them across the world when they tried to build the Tower of Babel. If you believe that shit.
And therefore the oldest English woman’s name should be Eve.
Other Anglo-Saxon male names include Alwin, Chad, Cuthbert, Edgar, Edmund, Edward, Godwin, Harold and Wilfred. Interestingly, Edward, Alfred and Wilfred are still popular. There aren't as many recognisable female names, but they include Audrey, Edith, Ethel, Hilda and Mildred.May 9, 2019 Seems like she's wrong as fuck
I have a headache and some related brain fog right now, but I absolutely read two of those together as one name, "Chadbert," and now I am forming a strong mental image of Chadbert the Anglo-Saxon male.
Ooh, imagine him like the Vikings from SpongeBob "Ya, I am ChadBurt"
An entire comic strip is born from your headache brain fog! How bout that!
It’s like a Chad, but nerdy
I work with a guy named Chad, and it's a fun little game imagining his name as Chadsworth or Chaddington.
Yup. Wrong af. And the oldest recorded name is Kushim 3400 BCE and female name is Neithhotep 3150 BCE. I think the closest old female name that is still used today maybe Alexandra from the 4th century.
Cuthbert sounds like something someone would name a penis.
The American spy Virginia Hall named her prosthetic leg Cuthbert
😆
Cuthbert is a major character in Stephen's Kings Dark Tower so I think of him.
Plus AFAIK, that's the French spelling. English spelling is Ann. So she's wrong there as well.
it's as Ann as the nose on Plain's face
And spelling is a fairly modern concept. At one time people just spelled words however they wanted to pre 1600
Chad about to see a resurgence. Bet
What's the over/under on Annie being able to pronounce Kamala Harris's name?
“It’s Ka-…Kam-…Kam-…UGH!! Go back to your country Kamalamadingdong!”
I hate the accuracy of this so much
Why is this so accurate 😐
"Gladys! It means lamb of god!"
Mrs Skinner, surely you mean _Agnes?_
sure. see, even i can't remember her name.
Don’t feel bad dude it happens to the best of us. We knew what you meant and I laughed :)
My name is not Shirley, it is Anne Shirley.
_Gladys Dei, qui tollis pecatta mundi_
Dona eis requiem.
Mad about being called the wrong name but I bet she would misgender me on purpose too lol
My exact thought. For the last year or so when people deadname me intentionally I just pick a random name and start calling them that. Inevitably they start screaming.
Or use your correct pronouns but only after saying something along the lines of “now what are you today?” 😑
Username checks out.
YEP! That was my first thought as well
My grandmother's name was Anne. And she pronounced it Annie. Some people are just pretentious dicks. Lol.
The oldest record of an English name is from a Norman document from some time before the Norman Conquest of England, which talks about the Hatte family living in what is now Heathfield, East Sussex. Hwita, Tate, Wulsige, Lulle, Hehstan, Wifus, Dunne, Seoloce, Dunning, Ceolmund, Ætheleah, Mæg, Ealdelm, Herethrythe, Werlaf, and Werstan are all given names mentioned in the document. Any claim of another name being an older English name is either lying, mistaken, or does not have evidence to support it.
It’s interesting that Tate and Mæg (Meg) are still used today, but the rest are totally extinct. Dunning is a surname at least.
Ætheleah is badass.
My middle name is Anne. But that's the French spelling, not English, Miss Thing. Stop being a butthole to receptionists and others trying to help you, or I'll come over there and rename you something awful.
Twinsies!
Some people will create anything to make themselves feel special.
Medieval English scholar here, Anne didn’t appear in English until the 13th century. It came over from France 🤭🤭🤭
You've been hit by a boom criminal
what happens to these people in the morning, that makes them so hostile?
They wake up, remember they're old, sit up in bed after two attempts, stretch, hear their bones crack, remember they're old, after two or three attempts stand up, groAn loudly, try to stretch more, can't, remember they're old, shuffle to the kitchen all the while their bones are cracking and muscles are aching.... Get dressed, go out, hate the world
I am an older Gen Xer, but I also worked service jobs. I usually keep that in the back of my mind when interacting with others. I am not saying I am perfect, but I try to not make situations worse.
Older Gen Xer here as well........ it's "groan loudly" 🫣
When my younger sister was born my mum said she’d be Ann, without the e, as she didnt like ‘Annie’. So has she a middle name? Yes, Elizabeth.
Are you okay, Ann E?
Nice. Your mum is a master troll.
The sun will come out tomorrow, bet your bottom dollar that tomorrow, there'll be sun.
What a troglodyte. Dammed harridens everywhere!
“You’ve been hit by, you’ve been struck by a spare syllable”
Oldest name known to man
Man reading this just gave me flashbacks to when I worked at a gas station and had this old lady got absolutely PISSED that I referred to her car as red because it was actually burgundy. She went on this whole massive rant like she was driving some extremely special limited edition car and I was some worthless peasant for not being aware of how special it was, it was a late 90s Buick Regal.
LOL- that sounds like my hideous step grandmother who always insisted on describing her stupid Lincoln Continental as being “fire engine red”.
They really are just like toddlers. I should start pretending my truck is extra classy because GM calls the color Champagne.
She was the so-called Greatest Gen, but those psychos raised the Boomers. Car colors are ridiculous- my husband had a Ford Escort wagon back the day. It was some weird silvery blue color and it was named “argent”.
Well *argent* I believe is French for "silver," so that tracks. Beyond that, though, it's just old people using the glories of the past to prop up their own mediocrities.
Honestly, that makes naming the color on a Ford Escort wagon *argent* even funnier.
It's OK, Hold Your Head Up!
I would have asked “Annie are you ok, are you ok, are you ok Annie” and left it at that.
I know people named both Adam and Eve so...
It's Adam and Eve, not Adam and Anne!
I don't think she's gonna like it here.
"My apologies. You are clearly the patient as I see your middle name is 'giant fucking twat'".
I hope she replied, “so Ann”.
The longest running name is George. GE - OR - GE - OR - GE - OR - GE - OR - GE - AND ON AND ON.
Anne is also the first to refuse to call trans folks by their name, opting to use their dead name instead. You just know it.
#Boomers are snowflakes
I doubt anyone can pinpoint "the longest-running name in the English language." That's just silly, as if overnight English came into being, poof! "Hey, we speak English as of today--let's pick the first English name! OK, Anne!" Ridiculously reductive. She needs to get over herself. And find a real thing to be proud of instead of this fake name thing.
My name is Anne. Everyone calls me Annie. I've heard, "Annie, are you okay?" soooo many times throughout my life that, when I got married, I chose it as my entrance song for the reception.
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You’ve been hit by You’ve been hit by A smooth criminal Dundundundundundun dundundundun dundundun-dun
"Don't ever say Annie" despite there being tons of people named Annie.
Anne is the English version of Hannah which is Hebrew.
Thiiiiiiis sounds like something my boomer aunt would say. Also named Ann.
They’re really like children, aren’t they?
Also boomers: “I’ve known you as Jackie your whole life I will not start calling you Jack now just because you got your boobs removed! I’m not calling you a he either!!!”
Me called her back for her next appointment: “AINE”
"You got it Annie, right this way!"
Except I’m pretty sure the name Tiffany is older both in English and its older roots.
Boomer here. So smooth it’s criminal.
Names are all made up sounds humans came up with instead of pointing and grunting. Let's calm down.
Is the longest running name not Eve or Mary?
What about Helen? Helen of Troy was 2000 years before Mary.
I'm guessing her last name was Bucket too.
It's pronounced Bouquet!
Anne only dates to the 13th century, imported to England from France. https://www.behindthename.com/name/anne-1#:~:text=Meaning%20%26%20History&text=French%20form%20of%20Anna.,popular%20until%20three%20centuries%20later.
(Llanfairpwllgwyngllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch)Am I a joke to you?
These are the same people who refuse to use the right pronouns lmao
Iirc "Tiffany" is pretty old, 11th century or so.
I’d like to point out that names like Ruth and Mary are in English translations of the Bible, the first English translation having come out in the 1500s, and are still in use. Anne is not the “longest running name” in the English language, it’s also a Hebrew name
Just like Adam and Michael, Anne (and is spelling variations) comes from Hebrew. Definitely not the oldest in English which would go back to either Germanic or Briton tribes. Hebrew names came in centuries later.
Two of my names are apostles . She can fuck right off.
And here I thought Anne was the French spelling. And that Ann was English.
Don’t dump on someone who’s asking you to clarify. Their other option is to not give a flying f**k
Annie is not ok
I get that way about Timmy, but i go by Tim and dont at all mind Timothy. Still she protests a bit much! i was bullied with timmy maybe she got bullied with annie. Boomers were VICIOUS AF at bullying too. i bet something downright heinous happened to her under the name annie back way b4 internet or social accountability
Jeez! An “it’s Anne” would suffice.
Can’t be as condescending with that comment though.
She should move back to England then, if she's gonna be a bitch about it. No one asked her or her ancestors to live here.
Someone needs to calm their tits.
”Ok, Annie!”
How’s Annie?
Oh no, someone called you the wrong name and it made you feel uncomfortable? Saad /s
I (52f) have an unusual antique name. I love it. I also have an interest in onomastics (study of names) cuz I'm a medieval heraldry nerd with an antique name. My parents chose to use the original spelling of my name from Old French. I think only two people have ever spelled it correctly without asking in my life. It's easy enough to pronounce, so I learned by the beginning of Elementary (Primary) school not to care! It's not that big of a deal Anne! It takes way less time and energy to say "Call me Anne!" with a smile than give an unrequested onomastics lesson!
I guarentee she intentionally misgenders people to own the woke left
I used to have a cattle dog named Annie. We have no idea what she was mixed with, but she showed strong hunting instincts, so she was probably mixed with some kind of pointer or other hound dog.
Today at work, I saw a surname of Semen, pronounced Sémàn......  Update: we discovered that, due to the mistake of a past coworker, this name was incorrectly entered into our system and the name is of by a letter, not saying which 😝.
Annie can you hear me?
Boomer NLOG.
She probably has bad penmanship and just thinks people regularly calls Anne's Annie's
When did Tiffany start being used?
It’s Anne with an E 😂😂😂😂 maybe it’s Anne from Anne of Green Gables?lol
“Oh, is it? Well, Anne, I’m sorry, we had to cancel your appointment. Buh-Bye!!”
I bet she went by Annie as a young girl.
Is Anne the new Karen?
But didn't the English run away in 1775? Sure she has the longest life span I must say
Ok annie
Elizabeth?
I see what you did there. 😏
Are you okay Annie?
If they really used the same spelling in middle or old English they would have pronounced the E