Shown
Shown is an American surname that reflects an Anglicization of the German surname Schaun. A common variant is Shawn. Examples:
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“Numerous studies have shown that those adults who feel the most frustrated by childrenand the least competent as parentsusually have one thing in common.... They dont know what behaviors are normal and appropriate for children at different stages of development. This leads them to misinterpret their childrens natural behaviors and to have inappropriate expectations, both for their children and themselves.”
—Lawrence Kutner (20th century)
“Ships that pass in the night, and speak each other in passing,
Only a signal shown and a distant voice in the darkness;
So on the ocean of life we pass and speak one another,
Only a look and a voice; then darkness again and a silence.”
—Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (18071882)
“My father used to say,
Superior people never make long visits,
have to be shown Longfellows grave
or the glass flowers at Harvard.”
—Marianne Moore (18871972)