by Anura Guruge
on January 22, 2022
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I am sure I have come across that name before & looking through the above Wikipedia listing it is interesting to see that there are quite a few of that name in the computer industry. Is that purely a coincidence.
The name only struck a major chord with me, last week, when I was watching ‘Phantom Thread‘ on Netflix. The protagonist is a Woodcock and his label, that he would have sewn on to all of his gown creations was the ‘House of Woodcock‘. Strange movie. I guess folks will call it a psychological drama. It was anticlimactic in the end. I wouldn’t call it a total waste of my time, but I wasn’t pleased at the end. What was the POINT? Was there one? Yes, deep. But, …
Yes, the name appealed to me & yes, I know … I know … it is beyond Freudian & I will not deny that for a second.
I have often wondered whether I would have liked to have had a ‘Cock’ name. What about ‘de Kock‘?
I have known a ‘Wilcock’. But, there are also ‘Willcocks’. I, of course, much prefer the last spelling.
Hhhhmmm. Woodcock? Willcock. de Kock. And instead, I have my name.
As I have often stated I am intrigued by names — all names. That is why I wrote ‘Popes and the Tale of their Names‘.
