Re: WDYT of Maddox
in reply to a message by Mom to Boys
Maddox is a trendy ln-as-fn and reminds me of "mad ox" or "mad dogs".
I would rather use a real Welsh fn like Madoc (Maddox means "Son of Maddox).
*Sings "Mad dogs and Englismen go out in the midday sun"*
"But it’s all right now.
I learned my lesson well.
You see you can’t please everyone
So you got to please yourself."
Rick Nelson, GardenParty
"It does not become me to make myself smaller than I am." (Edith Södergran 1891-1923)
I would rather use a real Welsh fn like Madoc (Maddox means "Son of Maddox).
*Sings "Mad dogs and Englismen go out in the midday sun"*
"But it’s all right now.
I learned my lesson well.
You see you can’t please everyone
So you got to please yourself."
Rick Nelson, GardenParty
"It does not become me to make myself smaller than I am." (Edith Södergran 1891-1923)