Talk:List of eponyms

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Who's going to put one of those nice alphabets at the top? The list is getting very long!!! JFW | T@lk 17:30, 29 Apr 2004 (UTC)

Done! Jay 10:04, 13 May 2004 (UTC)

There are some websites that have fictious stories about the origins of some terms. Perhaps originally written for fun, they turn up in many articles and appear to be genuine. The list is provided here so they don't get into the page. Jay 07:47, 25 May 2004 (UTC)

It would appear that this list is inconsistently sorted (e. g. Alice Lidell is listed under A). Also, I'm unsure under what letter should Prince Albert(his full name/title is 'Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (Francis Augustus Charles Albert Emanuel)' so there's plenty of choice ;)) be listed. Jergosh 22:07, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] List of spurious or unreal etymologies

Invention Person
Avocado Jorge-Luis Avocado
Asphalt Leopold von Asphalt
Binge Sir Oswald Binge
Buffet Pierre-Alphonse Buffet
Bugle Hereward Bugle
Cabaret Antoine de Cabaret
Comma Domenico da Comma
Condom Earl of Condom
Corset Etienne Corset
Curry Sir George Curry
Ketchup Noah Ketchup
Lager beer Gottfried and/or Sigmund Lager
Marmalade Joao Marmalado
Pilchard Matthew Pilchard
Salon Marquise Henriette de Salon
Trousers Jacob Trowser
Crapper Thomas Crapper (only a coincidence; word preceded him)