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Question about Brom...

by Dracotorix

6/7/2009, 10:37 PM

Brom (male) is not in the database. There is a user-submitted one talking about the one from Eragon, but I have heard it other places as well, including a character in "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow". Does anyone know whether Brom has anothe origin?

Note: The people in "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" use German words like herr (mr.), but they don't all have German names.

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- Anneza +2

6/7/2009, 11:09 PM

Could be further East than Germany ... there used to be a professor of medicine here in South Africa with the resounding name of Bromilow Bromilow-Downing, and he was affectionately known behind his back as Prof Brom. But that's all I know.

- Shaymin +1

6/8/2009, 11:25 AM

The characters of Sleepy Hollow were mainly suppose to be people descended from Dutch Calvinists settlers. I believe in the early 18th century (when the story is set) many of those areas of New York were still Dutch speaking, hence the usage of terms such as Herr etc. Dutch is rather similar to German, and there is the Dutch male name of Bram which was originally a diminutive form of Abraham. http://www.sleepyhollowny.gov/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=46&Itemid=63 This is the official
website of Sleepy Hollow, it goes into the village's Dutch History.
Now, I am assuming in Sleepy Hollow's case that perhaps Washington Irving heard the name Bram and phonetically wrote it as Brom for one of his characters.

This message was edited 6/8/2009, 11:26 AM

- Dracotorix

6/8/2009, 11:54 AM

Thanks!

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