‘God preserve us all’: Samuel Pepys and the Great Plague (2015)

Re:‘God preserve us all’: Samuel Pepys and the Great Plague ... by Luc on Wednesday March 11, 2020 @08:45AM (#22545291)

There's a book, which I can't find at the moment, which describes how some in the family pronounced their name 'Peppis', but Sam preferred 'Peeps'.

I had a 'Pépin' in my family (French given name), which apparently is what Pepys is based on.

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Re:‘God preserve us all’: Samuel Pepys and the Great Plague ... by robin_reala on Wednesday March 11, 2020 @10:27AM (#22546100)

It’s in the introduction to the ten-volume 1890s edition.

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Re:‘God preserve us all’: Samuel Pepys and the Great Plague ... by rsynnott on Wednesday March 11, 2020 @11:50AM (#22546781)

Pepys actually complains about this in the diary at some point, too.

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Re:‘God preserve us all’: Samuel Pepys and the Great Plague ... by rsynnott on Wednesday March 11, 2020 @08:54AM (#22545364)

"It's pronounced BOUQUET!"

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Re:‘God preserve us all’: Samuel Pepys and the Great Plague ... by mathieuh on Wednesday March 11, 2020 @09:50AM (#22545809)

For non-Brits: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keeping_Up_Appearances

Dunno if this is known outside the UK

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Re:‘God preserve us all’: Samuel Pepys and the Great Plague ... by RLN on Wednesday March 11, 2020 @10:45AM (#22546257)

It's very well known in some areas of Europe, from Wikipedia:

"Keeping Up Appearances was a great success in the UK, and also captured large audiences in the US, Canada, Australia, Denmark, Finland, Sweden, Ireland, Belgium, and the Netherlands. By February 2016, it had been sold nearly 1,000 times to overseas broadcasters, making it BBC Worldwide's most exported television programme."

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Re:‘God preserve us all’: Samuel Pepys and the Great Plague ... by ThomasBHickey on Wednesday March 11, 2020 @09:19PM (#22552526)

Yup

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