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Post by Verbivore on Jan 4, 2020 7:20:42 GMT
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Post by Verbivore on Jan 5, 2020 21:19:43 GMT
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Post by Verbivore on Jan 6, 2020 20:21:28 GMT
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Post by Verbivore on Jan 11, 2020 23:53:08 GMT
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Post by Little Jack Horner on Jan 12, 2020 11:17:48 GMT
Vv seems almost to monopolise this thread so I decided to contribute but couldn’t find any interesting examples — I suppose I have a different mindset, less imaginative perhaps. But I did Google “nominative determinism” and found that the term usually implies a causal connection between name and occupation rather than merely a happy coincidence where the term “aptronym” seems to be preferred.
More interestingly, the article in Wikipedia notes that historically people were often named for their occupation and includes a suggestion that people might be genetically predisposed to follow an occupation that their ancestors followed rather than merely subconsciously being attracted to an occupation that chimes with their name. I hadn’t come across that idea before and thought it worth sharing here. Of course, most Taylors are not tailors, most Farmers are not farmers and most Carpenters are not carpenters — at least not amongst my acquaintances. I have no idea whether that is significant.
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Post by Verbivore on Jan 12, 2020 14:13:03 GMT
Thanks for the post, LJH. :-)
I do agree that aptronym is the better term, but I hadn't met it when I started this thread more than 12 years ago.
To add to your list: how many Smiths still smith?
I once knew a chap called Driver – who steadfastly refused to learn to drive a car but eventually died in the passenger seat. He suffered an anaptronym*. * nelogistic construction from roots an (not) + aptronym
If I dominate this thread perhaps it's because I read so much where I tend to see multiple layers / possibilities of meaning in chance linkings of words; rather than my seeking such lexical trivia, I'm convinced they find me. (I have a similar excuse for an excessive interest in / accumulation of old Benzes. Ahem.)
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Post by Verbivore on Jan 18, 2020 22:13:36 GMT
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Post by Verbivore on Jan 18, 2020 23:03:04 GMT
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Post by Verbivore on Jan 23, 2020 6:54:43 GMT
Transparency International Australia chief executive, Serena Lillywhite.
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Post by Verbivore on Jan 31, 2020 7:34:32 GMT
Not quite aptronymical, but ... A very animal tale.An unfortunate Aussie with the surname of Fish, who was mustering sheep, has died as a result of being bitten by a tiger snake.
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Post by Verbivore on Feb 5, 2020 21:51:36 GMT
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Post by Little Jack Horner on Feb 5, 2020 22:32:48 GMT
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Post by Little Jack Horner on Feb 5, 2020 23:14:01 GMT
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Post by Verbivore on Feb 5, 2020 23:24:47 GMT
Thanks for those, LJH.
The statement on Mr Wood's site that they "will speak and discuss your best options to progress forward on your job" leads me to ask: is there such a thing as progress backwards (except maybe when reverse-parking a vehicle), or is "progress forward" tautologous?
Perhaps, too, the fellow drives a Subaru Forester.
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Post by Verbivore on Feb 14, 2020 3:22:05 GMT
Here’s one for you: Catie and Warren Brewer of Saleyards Distillery, producers of Australia's first range of zero-proof (i.e. non-alcoholic) clear spirits as well as a triple-distilled low-alcohol vodka. (Okay, they are distillers rather than brewers, but near enough.) I can’t see the point. It’s a bit like vegetarians or vegans wanting to eat fake flesh in the form of soyburgers or sawdust sausages: poor substitutes.
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