Too mean, Ancestry, too mean.

So I was recently procrastinating doing actual work on my computer, when I clicked on one of those Facebook links from Ancestry that’s all “Find out the origin of your family name!”

This is what came up:

At first, I was deeply offended. I might have said aloud; “Well fuck you too Ancestry!”

Cause I’m a verbal warrior excellent at trading insults with inanimate objects. Apparently. I’m not sure I can count that as a victory.

That first sentence though.

BUT as I read on it made me want to punch my computer screen right in the face a little less.

This sentence especially, was a little cool: “English: from the Old Norse personal name Balle, derived either from ballr ‘dangerous’ or b{o,}llr ‘ball’.”

Actually, I’m going to JUST focus on that part from now on.

In fact, that’s all I remember from this whole thing.

I’m a total ballr.

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PS – I had to google the meaning of metonymic. I said it.

PPS – I get you just googled it too.

PPPS – We all learned something today. This blog is totally educational.

PPPPS – I’ve already forgotten it.

PPPPPS – See? Total ballr.

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