Almost all women wear cardigans. The most interesting cases of communication between ordinary objects and prominent people are described below.
10. Raglan Sleeve: Fitzroy James Henry Somerset, 1st Baron Raglan
The famous baron was the hero of the Battle of Waterloo. In this battle, he lost his hand. And after that, he ordered military uniforms and all outer clothing with a special cut of his sleeves. The bottom line was that this sleeve was cut out along with the shoulder tissue of the back and front of the clothes. This helped the baron not only to hide the lack of a hand, but also not to suffer from rainy weather, when water could penetrate under his clothes. Another advantage in wearing clothes with such sleeves was the convenience of brandishing weapons during battles.
9. Sports swimsuit, or leotard: Jules Leotard
In general, no matter how strange it may be, initially it was men who wore sports swimwear. It was also called in a different way leotard or leotard. He was named after Jules Leotard, an acrobat from France. He performed his stunts in a similar elastic suit, which is tight to the body and does not constrain movement. In the XIX century, leotard was popular among circus artists. Later, in the XX century, people began to wear it, doing ballet. Thanks to the ballet, designers paid attention to Leotard, and in the 80s of the last century, all people on the streets began to wear it together with tight leggings or skirts.
8. Saxophone: Adolf Sax
Sachs was a fairly well-known musical instrument master in Belgium, who became famous primarily for improving the spiritual instruments already invented before him. And once he himself invented an instrument unusual for those times, which gained almost immediately wild popularity in the world of music. But the name “saxophone” was given to the instrument later, and it was so named by a close friend of Sax, a famous French composer by the name of Berlioz. Linguistic educational program: native English speakers often pronounce the word “saxophone” a little shorter, and “sax” is heard.
7. Cardigan: James Thomas Bradnell, 7th Earl of Cardigan
Almost all women love to wear cardigans. It is comfortable clothing for the office or for a walk. When a girl does not know whether it will be hot or cold, it is worth taking a cardigan with her, and if necessary, put it on or take off. But this knitted cardigan without fasteners was named in honor of the famous British General Brandnell, 7th Earl of Cardigan. In order not to freeze, the military in England were insulated with a jacket, putting it under a uniform. Later, this habit was adopted by ordinary citizens of England, having slightly altered the style of the product and abandoning the buttons.
6. Sandwich: John Montague, 4th Earl Sandwich
Initially, the name of the Sandwich was one gambling count. He was a rather lazy person who preferred spending all day at the gaming tables and did not like to break away from the game even for the sake of meals. He ordered to bring him a piece of chilled beef, lying between two pieces of toasted bread. This combination helped the count quickly satisfy his hunger, not to dirty his hands with fatty foods and, most importantly, not to break away from the game. Later, a sandwich named after the count became an incredibly popular food and part of the culture in megacities around the world.
5. Boycott: Charles Boycott
Charles Boycott worked as manager in the wealthy estate of an Irish lord. This lord unjustly demanded a lot for the lease of his land, and the Land League decided to strike against such demands. As part of their struggle, members of the League recalled workers on the lands of the Lord just during the harvest, when workers were very necessary. And the boycott began to fight the strikers, for which he paid a lot. The local community rejected Boycott, and he had to leave the country. And his name became a household name.
4. Paparazzi: Tazio Secchiaroli
It would be more correct to note that the word "paparazzi" became so common thanks to the hero of the film Fellini, whose name was Paparazzo. But it was not just a fictional character, he has a prototype. This is Tazio Secchiaroli, who once lived in Italy, who is considered the first photographer around the world who decided to capture photographs of famous people without their approval. He lived at the same time as Fellini, so he watched the film and even knew whose prototype he became. And after the release of the painting, Secchiaroli decided to leave the paparazzi profession and spent the rest of his life working as a personal photographer for Sophia Loren.
3. Silhouette: Etienne de Silhouette
Etienne de Silhouette was a famous treasurer. The profession left an imprint on him, and in life he was a very narrow-minded, mean man. He was so stingy that his greed became a byword. Despite the fact that he did all this for the benefit of the king, cared for his finances and tried to save the money of Louis XV’s close associates, everyone around him did not like him. Over time, the special art of a portrait depicted in the form of a shadow was named after him - this portrait could be afforded to poor people who did not have the means to pay for the work of a good artist.
2. Whatman: James Watman
In the case of James Watman, everything is quite simple. This hardworking man worked for a long time in a paper mill. He invented high-grade paper, large in size and with a high degree of wear resistance. Durable solid paper products of large format were named after him. True, the word "whatman" in English is written similarly to the name of the creator and pronounced as "watman".
1. Bluetooth: Harald I Blue-Tooth
Translated, “bluetooth” means “blue tooth”. And this is a nonrandom name for the radio standard between different devices. He was named after King Harald Sinezuby, who ruled Denmark and Norway in the 10th century. He was so nicknamed for the dark blue color of the teeth with which the king had terrible problems. The fact is that Harold did a lot to unite the Danes and Swedes. But this is not the only reason. Bluetooth was developed precisely in the area where the merger took place.