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Goodwife
by Cleveland Kent Evans (clevelandkentevans)
10/1/2007, 1:58 PM
in reply to a message by lac
Normally "Goodwife nn Goody" was not a NAME but a title. Every married woman was called "Goody"; it was like calling a woman whose name you don't know "Lady" or "Ma'am" today. :)
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NY Times article on English names in Zimbabwe  ·  Cleveland Kent Evans  ·  10/1/2007, 8:27 AM
•Re: NY Times article on English names in Zimbabwe  ·  mirfak  ·  10/1/2007, 11:06 PM
•Re: Passion  ·  Cleveland Kent Evans  ·  10/2/2007, 9:57 AM
•Re: NY Times article on English names in Zimbabwe  ·  Marija Luminitsa  ·  10/1/2007, 12:18 PM
•Re: NY Times article on English names in Zimbabwe  ·  lac  ·  10/1/2007, 11:27 AM
•Goodwife  ·  Cleveland Kent Evans  ·  10/1/2007, 1:58 PM
•If I had my way  ·  Lillian  ·  10/1/2007, 2:57 PM
•Re: NY Times article on English names in Zimbabwe  ·  Bear  ·  10/1/2007, 10:11 AM
•Re: NY Times article on English names in Zimbabwe  ·  Murasaki  ·  10/1/2007, 8:44 AM