tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post5134523330540767277..comments2024-02-13T10:20:04.888+00:00Comments on David Hepworth's blog: The growth of unique namesDavid Hepworthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05973053694541321308noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-9681799811827212932008-09-10T16:18:00.000+01:002008-09-10T16:18:00.000+01:00I liked the piece on Radio5Live recently making a ...I liked the piece on Radio5Live recently making a point about American newscasters' names. For many British (usually mens') names, reverse the order and you become a US tele-journalist - "...and over to the newsroom now from an update from Collins Andrew and Ellen Mark".<BR/>Makes a change from the porn star names thing.Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14433195135635441563noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-81721571942793997982008-09-10T14:08:00.000+01:002008-09-10T14:08:00.000+01:00The book Freakonomics had some interesting things ...The book Freakonomics had some interesting things to say about names in US society, claiming that baby names “migrate” through the population from a higher socioeconomic level to a lower one.Huw Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15570626479499005753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-76659765483855031252008-09-10T12:34:00.000+01:002008-09-10T12:34:00.000+01:00America is and always has been the official home o...America is and always has been the official home of the silly name.<BR/><BR/>There have been Randys and Skips out there for years.Jon Peakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04471926651090670258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-36693900967237312562008-09-10T08:55:00.000+01:002008-09-10T08:55:00.000+01:00With the sudden prominence of a family with the na...With the sudden prominence of a family with the names Bristol, Track, Trig, Piper and Willow, this is certainly not merely an African-American foible.Blackacrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15808024417861534968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-7627568643350099442008-09-10T01:28:00.000+01:002008-09-10T01:28:00.000+01:00My poor man’s eureka moment came when I realised t...My poor man’s eureka moment came when I realised that, by rearranging the letters in my first and last name, I could create the new moniker - Sam Redlark. <BR/><BR/>For years I would introduce myself to new people as Sam. In doing so I unwittingly revived a family tradition: My maternal Grandmother Babs's was born ‘Georgina Ruth’. Her mother was referred to as ‘Gummy’. I have no idea what her real name was. And it was only at my paternal Grandfather's funeral that I discovered the man I had known as Harry had in fact been christened 'Maurice'. Sadly I never once heard him speak of the pompitous of love.backwards7https://www.blogger.com/profile/04902342759719621771noreply@blogger.com