Names and Meanings

Someone named Napoleon did things, we remember him, and the record of Napoleon's deeds get passed down to us. Because people witnessed him do those things, and recorded it in history. Just like Grandpa, a record of him gets passed down to the next generations. "Pop Pop lost his leg in a train accident. He sat with me, and we used to watch the birds. He liked to go to church. He liked Philadelphia sports teams. He sometimes used oaths when the team was losing. He worked at the Pennsylvania Turnpike as an Accountant. His dad, Pop, was an outdoorsman and played professional football for the Coal Leagues on the Tamaqua Bulldogs. Pop Pop loved dogs. He once crushed a hamster with his artificial leg by accident. He was not very good at cooking pork, but was an expert grill chef. Pop Pop also was with the naval fleets commissioned to invade Japan in case the Atomic Bombs weren't dropped, and said that they were days away from deploying, and were just about to." Things like that. It's not the referents that give it meaning, but the fact that he actually did those things, and lived that life, and record of it gets passed down to the next generation, to make a memory.