It's correct, as much as any English is correct, but not typically spoken naturally like that.
The press (newspapers) has an idiosyncratic grammar, probably born of maximising space in a newspaper column. Headlines are often grammatical nightmares, body copy less so.
One could think of it as a form of semantic compression.
I too am an etymology geek, I had to look up "aptronym" (I already knew there was a word for it, but couldn't remember it) but already knew "patronym". I can occasionally work out the approximate Latin roots of words and take a stab at what to search for.
Regarding names' positions moving around... that's just people. People name their children all sorts of stupid things that eventually become normal.
...but not the slice of ham/meat/whatever beside it?
distraction 100
There'll be elections, just like in North Korea and Russia. Totally legit, proper elections with no fraud at all, honest.
Actually no, I've not heard of them. I'm not American, can I get a TL;DR? From connect in guessing some kind of "think tank"?
Jackson is a patronymic last name: Jack's son.
Smith is an aptronymic last name: a smith.
So yeah, bang on.
... Next time. You get to change it next time.
Unless y'all count bullets, which cost money, as speech.
I set up a panel of people that I can fire when they don't tell me that I should fire the people I already want to fire.
chef's kiss
Like that orange idiot would take anyone's advice ;-)
Doesn't the Commander in Chief already have that authority?
"Somebody shit in my pants."