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Karmy made fun of me after I didn't spell check Larry Krouce's name. 

Maybe you should "spell check" my username while you are at it (and I'm not talking about the abbreviation). Why you insist on inserting an r before the m I can't understand when the name is spelled out before your eyes.

By the way, in case anyone is interested, Kamarling is an ancient form of my actual surname, Chamberlain.

chamberlain | chamberlains [plural]
First use: 12th century

Origin: Old French from assumed Frankish kamarling "little room" from Greek kamara "vault"

By the way, in case anyone is interested, Kamarling is an ancient form of my actual surname, Chamberlain.

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chamberlain | chamberlains [plural]
First use: 12th century

Origin: Old French from assumed Frankish kamarling "little room" from Greek kamara "vault"

Yes, that's interesting, but it seems the primary meaning of -ling in Old English was "a person or thing belonging to or concerned with what is denoted by the base noun", and that it was only used for diminutives later:
https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=CaowBwAAQBAJ&pg=PA5

I think "person concerned with a chamber" makes more sense than "little room" as the meaning of "chamberlain".

Yes, that's interesting, but it seems the primary meaning of -ling in Old English was "a person or thing belonging to or concerned with what is denoted by the base noun", and that it was only used for diminutives later:
https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=CaowBwAAQBAJ&pg=PA5

I think "person concerned with a chamber" makes more sense than "little room" as the meaning of "chamberlain".

I just cut & pasted that from a web page on the etymology of Chamberlain. I'm not too fussed really, I was just looking for a username and found something that related to my real name. Here's another copy & paste:

Chamberlain is one of the many new names that came to England following the Norman Conquest of 1066. The name Chamberlain is for a person who worked as a chamberlain. A chamberlain was one who was in charge of the private chambers of a noble, and later was a high ranking title having … and so on.

Maybe you should "spell check" my username while you are at it (and I'm not talking about the abbreviation). Why you insist on inserting an r before the m I can't understand when the name is spelled out before your eyes.

By the way, in case anyone is interested, Kamarling is an ancient form of my actual surname, Chamberlain.

Perhaps it's written that way to express a term of endearment?