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I am Fenstermacher | '''Randy''' is short for Randolph which means shield wolf or protector. I was named for Dr. Philip Grimes Randolph who was Undersecretary of War to Andrew Jackson. I told my mom I thought I was names for Dr. A Philip Randolph chairman of the Congress of Racial Equality. She was not amused. She said that Dr. A Philip's relatives were probably "owned" by mine<sup>1</sup>. | ||
== I am Fenstermacher == | |||
... Pennsylvania Dutch<sup>2</sup> for window maker. I do not handle red hot glass, but I do make windows between universes of thought, feeling, and belief. | |||
<sup>1</sup>Mom said the slaves were happy - so many of them stayed on as servants with the families that had owned them. | |||
<sup>2</sup>The German word for German is '''Deutsch'''. The Deutsch who settled in Pennsylvania anglicized it to Dutch | |||
Revision as of 16:31, 25 March 2012
Randy is short for Randolph which means shield wolf or protector. I was named for Dr. Philip Grimes Randolph who was Undersecretary of War to Andrew Jackson. I told my mom I thought I was names for Dr. A Philip Randolph chairman of the Congress of Racial Equality. She was not amused. She said that Dr. A Philip's relatives were probably "owned" by mine1.
I am Fenstermacher
... Pennsylvania Dutch2 for window maker. I do not handle red hot glass, but I do make windows between universes of thought, feeling, and belief.
1Mom said the slaves were happy - so many of them stayed on as servants with the families that had owned them.
2The German word for German is Deutsch. The Deutsch who settled in Pennsylvania anglicized it to Dutch