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jacques_chester on May 13, 2014 | parent | context | favorite | on: Isambard Kingdom Brunel

A remarkable engineer. My father nearly named me Isambard, but my mother got in first with "Jacques".

narag on May 13, 2014 [–]

Hadn't heard the name ever. I guess it's not very common, is it? Also "Kingdom".

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