Are There Any White People Named 'Washington'?

[Harmonious_Discord]

I was going to say this exact same question has been asked in the past. Sure enough it’s a zombie. Should we post a link to the past article? Recursion is cool. It’s sort of like the I’m my own grandpa song.

[ChrisBooth12]

in the entire world? yes

[sqweels]

@qpw3141

At the time G. Washingtons forebears emigrated the town of Washington was very small (it’s been expanded a lot since the 1960’s)[.]

That’s because it was taken over by the Chinese Laundry Mafia who developed a superior Tyne process for clothes.

[BigT]

@lissener

[nitpick] If it’s a myth about slave culture and the Civil War, what is “urban” about it? Unless “urban” is a euphemism here, as it is in the white corporate music business, for “black,” can’t we just call it a myth? That is all. [/nitpick]

It is urban because it is being spread in modern times, in the era of urban development. Myth by itself usually conjures up images of what people believe much longer ago that were mostly spread long ago (and are possibly just maintained today.)

[Wendell_Wagner]

There’s a common, standard definition for the term “urban legend”:

Urban legends and myths