Common nicknames of the time would be Jolly John or Little John. Although the nickname back then may have preceded the name, they eventually came to follow the first name. This led to the last names Little and Jolly to name a couple. How American surnames are different Did you read the ...
A church built for 2,000 Italian immigrants in the area known as the Saffron Hill slums. The church dates to 1863, when Italians were working in the vicinity as musicians, organ grinders and artisans. It was built at a time when there was quite a lot of hostility to the Catholic faith....
Ina is a diminutive variations of names ending with –ina, such as Carolina or Alina. Pronounced as EE-nah. Irene Irene means “peace” and pronounced as ee-REH-nah (Dutch) or ie-REEN (English). (Similar to Fenna.) Irene was common in the Byzantine Empire, notably being borne by an...
Now that he’s Lutheran, the rapper’s music has changed along with his theology. News A Mother Tortured at Her Keyboard. A Donor Swindled. An Ambassador on Her Knees. By Erin Foley in Mae Sot, Thailand Meet the Christians ensnared by cyberscamming and the ministries trying to stop it. ...
The band won the 2009 Polaris Music Prize for the album The Chemistry of Common Life. Anvil Anvil are a Canadian heavy metal band from Toronto, Ontario, formed in 1978. The band consists of Steve "Lips" Kudlow (vocals, guitar), Robb Reiner (drums),and Chris Robertson (bass). As of ...
While the site is a common stop on ghost tours, many people have criticized the media's glorification of the gross misconduct that occurred in the building. Shutterstock The house was badly damaged in an 1834 fire intentionally set by her cook but has since been re...
While the site is a common stop on ghost tours, many people have criticized the media's glorification of the gross misconduct that occurred in the building. Shutterstock The house was badly damaged in an 1834 fire intentionally set by her cook but has sinc...
Smith is one of the oldest surnames in the U.S., so perhaps it's no surprise that it's the nation's most common last name. In the 2010 Census, there were 2.4 million instances of the surname recorded in the United States. After Smith, the next-most common names included Johnson (1....
A common misconception about non-profits is that they shouldn’t make profits. But a good not-for-profit organization needs to be sustainable, which involves making profits and even investing money. The difference with these non-profit organizations is that the profits go to benefit the ...
secret world of Vatican City- "The headquarters of the Catholic church is a closely guarded city-state - centuries old and resistant to change. Can Pope Francis drag it into the 21st century? Guardian photographer Christian Sinibaldi was given unprecedented access to his world. Words by Paula Co...