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I knew a Plowman years ago at the University of Kent.

Not a particularly rare name and not really surprising as it is
derived from the occupation of a Ploughman which is a job that goes
back a very long time, not too far from here there is a business
which at one time was a nursery but has re branded as Plowmans Garden
Center.

Interesting that although the spelling changed to ploughman many hundreds
of years ago, I've never seen that used as a surname.

It certainly confuses a non native speaker. Who tend to pronounce it with
an 'o'. Very handy with cold callers from abroad. You can truthfully say
no such person here. ;-)

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Dave Plowman London SW
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