Nominative Determinism

[IbisNibs]

Encouraging news on the California wild fire front, but what a name!

“ 'Your job is to manage the fire, and these are tools that will help you do so,' . . . said Char Miller, a professor at Pomona College in California and a widely recognized wildfire policy expert."

https://apnews.com/article/technolo...t-and-nature-1d413a10fb7d69badd6430cea4a50825

 

[maximus otter]

https://www.sligotown.net/argue-and-phibbs.shtml/

maximus otter

 

[Mythopoeika]

V. Good & Co, criminal defence lawyers:

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@55.9...234&pitch=0&thumbfov=100!7i16384!8i8192?hl=en

 

[kamalktk]

Sir Dangerous, is.

Winter Haven man, Sir Dangerous, in custody after threatening woman, crashing into her vehicle​

https://www.wfla.com/news/polk-coun...-threatening-woman-crashing-into-her-vehicle/

 

[escargot]

Someone sent me this -

Anyone else remember when the last petrol shortage was on who did Radio Stoke send to report it they’re the the one & only Phill MCCann I always thought it funny have a good day everyone

 

[Amergin]

A (now closed) dentist’s surgery in Durham.

This is good on two levels; not only the similarity of the name to the vocation, but also the fact that the name, said out loud, is how one might slur the word “dentist” with some dire dentition difficulties or post-extraction numbness.

 

[Mythopoeika]

A (now closed) dentist’s surgery in Durham

Closed, because nobody wants a lisp after dental treatment.

 

[Amergin]

Closed, because nobody wants a lisp after dental treatment.

Exthacthly!

 

[Bigphoot2]

The perfect reporter for a story on panic buying petrol

 

[gordonrutter]

The perfect reporter for a story on panic buying petrol
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In all fairness he did mention nominative determinism himself and he also said it just like being back primary school again!

And as Escargot mentioned he has done it before so he has heard all the comments about a million times already.

 

[Cochise]

Have we had Fireball Roberts?

So nicknamed because he threw a fast ball in baseball (for UK readers, such are often called fireman or something similar).

Took up NASCAR racing and died in a fireball.

 

[AgProv]

Surely that's an unrealistic total? You'd expect some returners to have come again.... (perhaps that joke deserves the slow-hand-clap response?).

And since most of us think we know where babies come from.....where the heck are their names coming from???
https://7news.com.au/pandemica-salad-milk-weirdest-baby-names-2021-revealed-by-reddit-users

• Pandemica
• Salad
• Crispy
• Milk
• Brogan
• Motel
• Prosecco
• Myblessn
• Monster
• Mileage (pronounced My Leige, as you would refer to a King)
• Mudpiles
• Linoleum
• Fallopia
• Famous
• Yanique (pronounced unique)
• Jelli-Anne
• Truck

Some of these might be explained by this: interesting article that seemed to be stuck on finding an acceptible title ("Black American Names" was held to be a bit dodgy; they settled on "Ghetto Names" in the end) .

https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/GhettoName

 

[Victory]

Brogan and Yanique sound like names that are not used often, but nothing that startles.
"Truck" I have heard as a nickname, but not as a name. Perhaps the film "Truck Turner" had an influence?

The rest of the list is absurd.

 

[Krepostnoi]

Just had an email from a company I contacted a couple of years ago, asking if I'm still interested in working for them. To be honest, the 6000 mile commute puts me off a little. Anyway, that's not important now. The email came from someone with the (laughable) job title "Senior HR business partner". His name is Thomas Staff.

 

[Trevp666]

the 6000 mile commute puts me off a little

I'm guessing they don't cover travel costs then? Swines.

 

[Reverend D]

Brogan and Yanique sound like names that are not used often, but nothing that startles.
"Truck" I have heard as a nickname, but not as a name. Perhaps the film "Truck Turner" had an influence?

The rest of the list is absurd.

There's a boy called Truck in the film Escape From Witch Mountain. That's the only time I've ever heard it used as a name before!

 

[Bigphoot2]

Why can't you find any crisps in Norwich at the moment?

Eleanor Pringle

https://www.eveningnews24.co.uk/new...jjsm3jI098_wdFYA7V1oIY18iZuCp-ArztVnDWHHug1PE

 

[Gloucestrian]

Just came across a good one: Alfred Breed was a horticulturalist who bred vegetables (to create new cultivars) the most famous of which being the Kelsae Onion.

 

[Krepostnoi]

Dr Love wants to talk dirty with you. (SFW link.)

 

[PeteByrdie]

An episode of Great British Railway Journeys on BBC4 included Coningsby based RAF pilot Mark Flewin.

 

[escargot]

 

[Impybat]

Spark Meister of Meister Electric, who also kind of looks like Rick Moranis.

 

[Victory]

Israeli start-up Bee-io are working on producing "lab grown" honey without bees.

Their founder is a man called Ofir Dvash.

"Dvash" is Hebrew for Honey.

https://bee-io.com/about/

 

[Analogue Boy]

John had it right.
’Do you like the taste of honey
Isn’t it best without the bees?’

Signs of the forthcoming apocalypse no.456.

 

[cycleboy2]

Listening to Radio 4 this morning there was an expert talking about a bird flu outbreak - most notably in geese, chickens and ducks.

His name? Martin Fowler...

They even mentioned nominative determinism.

https://www.shutterstock.com/g/whiskybottle/sets/71777

 

[Impybat]

 

[Lord Lucan]

If ever someone had the perfect name for the job, it's this man. At first I thought there's no way this could be legitimate, but I looked him up and he's a specialist in his field.

Meet Dr Richard (Dick) Chopp

 

[escargot]

From the ITV News website: one Adam Diver is preparing to swim across 32 nautical miles of the the Irish Sea.

Former army captain takes on biggest challenge yet - swimming across the Irish Sea

A former army captain is taking on his biggest challenge to date - swimming from the North West of England to the Isle of Man in a world's first.

The aptly named Adam Diver, from Fleetwood in Lancashire, will attempt the epic swim across 32 nautical miles of treacherous water in July.

The 45-year-old served tours in Afghanistan, Iraq and Bosnia, but is now preparing to take on the grueling mental and physical challenge by training at a special wave pool at Fleetwood Nautical Campus where he works.

 

[uair01]

In the Dutch province of Zeeland there's a young lady called "Eunice Storm".
And by now she's heard all the obvious jokes.

https://nos.nl/video/2417974-eunice-storm-ik-ben-wel-klaar-met-alle-grapjes

 

[JamesWhitehead]

At first I thought there's no way this could be legitimate

My own reaction exactly, when I heard of Dr. Minge, the gynaecologist! She was for real!