Question...

People's surnames sometimes (loosely) derive from the career of one of their ancestors.

i.e. smith comes from blacksmith, baker comes from... well, baker etc...

What the hell did Mr Mediaeval Schweinsteiger do for a living?

Posted By: Boris Johnson MP on June 25th 2008 at 20:21:01

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Question... (General Chat) - Boris Johnson MP, Jun 25, 20:21:01
- Pig Fiddler (n/m) (General Chat) - harry boulders, Jun 25, 20:40:57
- Pig farmer, isn't it ? (n/m) (General Chat) - Arganth, Jun 25, 20:22:35
  - Schwein = pig....... Steiger = foreman (General Chat) - Taxi 4 Johnson, Jun 25, 20:30:32
    - the verb steigen meants to rise or mount. Oh dear. (General Chat) - steven, Jun 25, 20:33:24
      - lol (n/m) (General Chat) - Taxi 4 Johnson, Jun 25, 20:36:36
  - or pig herder (i.e a shepherd of pigs) (n/m) (General Chat) - steven, Jun 25, 20:24:44
    - I thought that was shwienhund (General Chat) - Boris Johnson MP, Jun 25, 20:27:08
      - maybe :-s? babelfish translates "steiger" as "riser" (General Chat) - steven, Jun 25, 20:29:23
        
        Babelfish is absolutely shite though (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Jun 25, 21:01:35
        
        Flying pigs. (n/m) (General Chat) - DrDublin, Jun 25, 20:29:42
      - ^^ schweinhund (n/m) (General Chat) - Boris Johnson MP, Jun 25, 20:27:34
        
        That's pig dog. (n/m) (General Chat) - Arganth, Jun 25, 20:30:17
        
        Well... (General Chat) - Boris Johnson MP, Jun 25, 20:38:14

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