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I wanted to ...

by RoxStar

3/22/2015, 5:44 PM

But I was running out of male-servant names and we still needed the lawn taken care of and the horses shod. Amos? Shoot, I forgot about him, he's the yard man.

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- Billina +1

3/22/2015, 7:42 PM

Carlisle is very man-servant to me.

- queenv (guest)

3/22/2015, 11:09 PM

Moses, Pompey, and Amos have the vibe of American slave names. So does Lydia, to an extent. Carlisle is a British servant name. Didn't the British used to call their male and sometimes their female servants by their surnames? That's why.

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