It’s because most anvils were tuned to G. It was considered the original root scale step because anvils often worked best when tuned to G. But back in those days, it was called Sol (Solfège.) In french, Sol means ground, which is at the bottom. Ergo, every hammer driven by the smith was really just a sort of mating call that sent all the bottoms running to the smith’s doorstep. This is where the expression “she built like an anvil” comes from
Smiths were generally wealthier so they had a better diet and what amounted to medical care, and they were rarely put in combat because they were needed to make weapons. So more of them survived.
Lots of Dutch last names are ridiculous, allegedly in defiance of foreign empires forcing the people to adopt them for registration purposes.
The past had a LOT of smiths.
Metalsmith, Blacksmith, Gunsmith, Goldsmith, Silversmith, Locksmith, Coppersmith, Tinsmith, Wordsmith, Songsmith
“Hey, kids! It’s time for the PokeRap!”
Or maybe it was the sexiest profession back then.
It’s because most anvils were tuned to G. It was considered the original root scale step because anvils often worked best when tuned to G. But back in those days, it was called Sol (Solfège.) In french, Sol means ground, which is at the bottom. Ergo, every hammer driven by the smith was really just a sort of mating call that sent all the bottoms running to the smith’s doorstep. This is where the expression “she built like an anvil” comes from
Only the sexy professions reproduced
Welcome to social Darwinism
Smiths were generally wealthier so they had a better diet and what amounted to medical care, and they were rarely put in combat because they were needed to make weapons. So more of them survived.
That's how it works for my dwarves, too.
Smith be smithing tho
Before weed was legal my dealer’s name was John Budd.
You forgot to add the location. John Philadelphia Carpenter.
Eddie cocaine, mike shit weed.
Ah, you must be talking about Eddie White and Mike Greene.
everyone welcome Chad Shitbag McFuckFace to the chat
Matamoros is the one I don't like thinking about.
Metal as fuck
It works the same way in all older languages.
And then there’s the 13th-century simpleton John Fuckbythenavel
@The_Picard_Maneuver Kenny Baker, Mike Butcher, Pete the Lunatic, etc.