Talk:Gaylord
Latest comment: 5 years ago by Equinox in topic Common noun
Noun for a box
[edit]What about this use of the word? Link to google image search for gaylord box It's a common use.
French removed
[edit]An IP removed the French, which seems fair enough. Not that we have any criteria for saying what language a surname belongs to. Furthermore, the etymology says from French (Huguenot French, what is that?) but the surname template uses from=Old French. Thoughts? Mglovesfun (talk) 20:56, 3 June 2010 (UTC)
- Excuse me. It was defined as a given name, and we have good criteria for defining the language of a given name or a surname- Wiktionary:About given names and surnames#The language statement of a name - if only people would stick to it. Etymology has no part in it, but Huguenot French is probably your Old French: I make mistakes in dead languages, they're called something else in every language.--Makaokalani 13:17, 30 June 2010 (UTC)
Common noun
[edit]This name is also jocularly used as a common noun meaning "homo". --Vahag 23:00, 11 May 2011 (UTC)
- Yeah, I remember it from school! It seems hard to attest, though. Equinox ◑ 22:02, 17 February 2016 (UTC)
Done: see gaylord. Equinox ◑ 18:57, 30 June 2019 (UTC)
Definition in English Section
[edit]"An American surname"? As if English also originated in America?