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This is a set of lists of English personal and place names having spellings that are counterintuitive to their pronunciation because the spelling does not accord with conventional pronunciation associations. Many of these are degenerations in the pronunciation of names that originated in other languages.
The Dandy King: Joachim Murat, the French King of Naples. Regarding the existence and the political and cultural functions of the dandy in a society, in the essay L'Homme révolté (1951), Albert Camus said that: The dandy creates his own unity by aesthetic means. But it is an aesthetic of negation.
Dandy is a nickname which may refer to: Johnny Dolan (1849 or 1850–1876), New York City murderer and reputed gang leader; Dandy Livingstone (born 1943), Jamaican reggae artist; Alfred Lowth (1817–1907), English cricketer; Jim "Dandy" Mangrum (born 1948), lead singer of the American Southern rock band Black Oak Arkansas
The fop was a stock character in English literature and especially comic drama, as well as satirical prints. He is a "man of fashion" who overdresses, aspires to wit, and generally puts on airs, which may include aspiring to a higher social station than others think he has. He may be somewhat effeminate, although this rarely affects his pursuit ...
Brummell's name became associated with style and good looks, and was therefore borrowed for a variety of products or alluded to in songs and poetry. One example was the paint colour Beau Brummel Brown, used exclusively on the 1931 Oldsmobile. [63] In 1934, a rhododendron hybridised by Lionel de Rothschild was named after the dandy. [64]
The term "dude" may have derived from the 18th-century word "doodle", as in "Yankee Doodle Dandy". [ 5 ] In the popular press of the 1880s and 1890s, "dude" was a new word for " dandy "—an "extremely well-dressed male", a man who assigned particular importance to his appearance.
It is the first reliable claim for a practically used precursor to the bicycle, basically the first commercially successful two-wheeled, steerable, human-propelled machine, nicknamed hobby-horse or dandy horse. [1] Drais's dandy horse, called Draisine in German, whose name was inherited by the rail vehicle. (drawing published in 1817.)
Dandy is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: James Edgar Dandy (1903–1976), British botanist; Raymond Dandy (1887–1953), French actor; John Garrick (1902–1966), British actor born Reginald Dandy