Patronym applies to the name, so I'd extrapolate matronym to the same relationship.
Spike ,'Sleeper'
Natter 34: Freak With No Name
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Hey, Aurelia, I was just thinking about you Friday! My 11-year-old is fascinated by stage lighting now. I was telling him about footlights and then I wondered -whatever happened to footlights, and when did they go out? When I was doing amateur theater as a teenager, we still used them.
Oooh, the history of stage lighting. When stages were lit with candles or oil lamps, the lights lined the edge of the stage because that was the closest they could get to the actors. Then came lenses and reflectors and electricity which meant the stage could be lit from further away. Then someone figured out that if they put the lights up over the audience they could make a more realistic looking picture. A much more detailed timeline can be found here [link] . It's a neat read just because things have changed so much, so quickly because of changes in technology.
Footlights still exist in some places for the same reason mom always cut the end off the ham before baking it. 'Cause that's how it was always done.
Have your son look in a mirror and use a flashlight to light his face from different angles. Light from below is spooky and unnatural because all the shadows are in the wrong places. Sometimes this can be useful in a show, but more often than not it isn't really the desired effect.
How about eponym or protonym? [link]
I received a jury summons about a month ago, except I served in 2003 and so shouldn't be eligible until 2007. I meant to fax in the certificate that says I already served, but I completely spaced on doing it until tonight. Problem is, I was supposed to call in last night to see if they needed me as a juror. How much trouble am I in?
Oh, thank you, Aurelia!
Who is it really?
Emperor Palpatine, from Star Wars
I am SO glad that I wasn't the only one who had no idea what made that wikipedia entry funny.
signed,
there are only 3 Star Wars movies, and they were all released prior to the 1990s
there are only 3 Star Wars movies, and they were all released prior to the 1990s
Except Palpatine was in one of them, too.
And that Palpatine I'd have recognized.
No problem, Betsy. Feel free to ask away.
And that Palpatine I'd have recognized.
Me, too.
Jess, on the jury duty thing -- I have no idea. (Does NYC or New York [state] have a website that explains things? I rely on the internets for everything, it seems.)