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Pomeroy (surname)

Pomeroy or De La Pommeraie is a surname documented from the 11th century. Currently spelled as Pomeroy and the many variations which have occurred over time and geopolitical location. These variations include Pomroy, Pomery, Pumroy, Pummery, Pummeroy, de Pomerai, de Pomeroy, and Pommery.

Etymology

Despite the clearly found words of pomme and roy in the name, meaning "apple" in French and "king" in Old French (French roi), the surname given to Radulphus is not linked with the Old French word roy, but is the common place-name Pommeraye, that means "orchard of apple-trees", Modern French word pommeraie, from pommier "apple-tree" and old suffix -aye, now -aie, meaning "a collection of trees". Originally the suffix -aye was masculine  : -ey, -ay and sometimes -oy. The secondary phonetic shift -ey > -oy is normally typical of Picard and the Eastern dialects of Langue d'oïl, but can sometimes be observed in Normandy.

Radulphus is a latinization of Radulf, that is a common first name in the ducal Normandy. It is rendered with different spellings and variant forms. Radulf is a Franconian variant form of Rodulf, with a short form Ralf. It is sometimes Latinized in the Latin written documents as Radulfus or Radulphus. The variant spelling Rodulf is also used and its short form Rolf. In fact, the Franconian surname translates more probably the Scandinavian first name Hrólfr, which was given to many sons in noble families, due to the fame of Rollo, first Viking count of Rouen. There are other variant forms of the name which are more French Rou[f] and Raoul, and the anglo-norman rendering of Ralph.

Pomeroy (band)

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Pomeroy is an American hip-hop and funk band.

Biography

Pomeroy started in mid-1997 in Manhattan, Kansas. Matt Marron and David Fairbanks, friends from college, were interested in starting a band that took the best of underground hip-hop and mixed it with old school funk. Taking their name from a street in Manhattan, the duo traveled west to Los Angeles to record their first demo. After finishing, they brought in Dean Hopkins and Chris Davis to fill out the band. John Etzel played keyboard and electric triangle. The band's first practice was April 1998 with the first show only 2 weeks later. The band won the 1998 Kansas State University battle of the bands competition. In 2003, Etzel departed the band and was replaced by Tyson Leslie, who would provide keyboards, keytar, guitar and vocals.

The band toured for 8 years, mostly playing club shows at college towns in the Midwest while releasing several albums and a DVD. The DVD was recorded at the Blue Note in Columbia, Missouri and released in 2005. The band received top 40 airtime on radio stations across the United States.