Author Topic: More nominative determinism (Read 51946 times)

Cudzoziemiec · « **Reply #275 on:** September 21, 2018, 10:03:00 am »

Sushma Swaraj, India's foreign affairs minister. Swaraj translates as "self rule".

mattc · « **Reply #276 on:** September 21, 2018, 10:06:17 am »

There is a cyclist local to me called David Busby. I first met him years ago. Then this week he gave a surprising talk ...

Can you guess what small pet(s) he keeps for a hobby??

hellymedic · « **Reply #277 on:** September 24, 2018, 03:42:44 pm »

Mindy Grossman, CEO WW (Weight Watchers rebranded)
Mike Lean, Professor of Human Nutrition, Glasgow.

Guy · « **Reply #278 on:** September 24, 2018, 03:51:42 pm »

Quote from: mattc on September 21, 2018, 10:06:17 am

There is a cyclist local to me called David Busby. I first met him years ago. Then this week he gave a surprising talk ...

Can you guess what small pet(s) he keeps for a hobby??

he keeps telephones as pets?

barakta · « **Reply #279 on:** September 24, 2018, 05:36:09 pm »

Ferrets?

SoreTween · « **Reply #280 on:** September 24, 2018, 06:20:53 pm »

Dead leftpondian musical choreographers?

Graeme · « **Reply #281 on:** September 24, 2018, 07:12:36 pm »

I met Paul Carpenter on Sunday. He is retired, but was visiting the church building to show his family some of his handiwork from the 1980s... yes, his efforts still look beautiful, and are made of wood.

hellymedic · « **Reply #282 on:** October 12, 2018, 01:01:36 pm »

I see Claire Curley is national director of Scoliosis Association UK.

There's a chap named Evill who has been charged with a Nefarious Crime...

Auntie Helen · « **Reply #283 on:** October 30, 2018, 04:02:37 am »

I guess we must have had Roger Kneebone, Professor of surgical education at Imperial, before.

https://www.bbc.com/news/education-46019429

Wowbagger · « **Reply #284 on:** October 30, 2018, 09:44:16 am »

Let's hear if for Clare Panniker, Chief Exec of Southend Hospital.

Salvatore · « **Reply #285 on:** November 08, 2018, 09:08:59 pm »

Who else would Bradley Stokes play for?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/46136144

hellymedic · « **Reply #286 on:** November 09, 2018, 12:58:59 am »

Guy Hills of Dashing Tweeds is a distant cousin of mine.
His daughter is named Primrose.
They live in NW3 just north of Regent's Park...

spesh · « **Reply #287 on:** November 27, 2018, 11:53:52 am »

The lawyer arguing for the EU Council at the ECJ today called Hubert Legal.

https://twitter.com/MehreenKhn/status/1067351515977924609

Cudzoziemiec · « **Reply #288 on:** November 27, 2018, 12:38:22 pm »

Quote from: Salvatore on November 08, 2018, 09:08:59 pm

Who else would Bradley Stokes play for?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/46136144

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Bradley Stoke Town FC
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Ugh. Bradley Stoke is not a town, it's just a shopping mall with housing attached.

Ham · « **Reply #289 on:** November 30, 2018, 11:58:43 am »

Mrs Ham has a tome on Art Quilting (ie, ninja sewing) written by a Linda Seward

hellymedic · « **Reply #290 on:** December 01, 2018, 09:20:20 pm »

Quote from: Ham on November 30, 2018, 11:58:43 am

Mrs Ham has a tome on Art Quilting (ie, ninja sewing) written by a Linda Seward

Crewel!

Ham · « **Reply #291 on:** December 03, 2018, 07:55:58 am »

Schneider knives? https://www.schneider-gmbh.com/en/kategorien/knives

T42 · « **Reply #292 on:** December 03, 2018, 11:44:21 am »

So a tailor makes knives while a knife-maker made aeroplanes.

Cudzoziemiec · « **Reply #293 on:** December 07, 2018, 08:53:49 pm »

A lorry stuck under a railway bridge. The slogan on the back of the lorry is "More sky, less roof."

https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/live-lorry-slogan-more-sky-2302981

Pingu · « **Reply #294 on:** December 13, 2018, 09:30:40 pm »

Have we done James Brokenshire the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government?

hellymedic · « **Reply #295 on:** December 13, 2018, 10:32:01 pm »

Quote from: T42 on December 03, 2018, 11:44:21 am

So a tailor makes knives while a knife-maker made aeroplanes.

A Messerschmitt I presume...

T42 · « **Reply #296 on:** December 14, 2018, 11:29:15 am »

Genau.

Interesting wee snippet about German names: Germans who wanted to hide the fact that their ancestors were tradesmen would often Latinize their names, e.g. Müller would become Mollitor and Schneider would become Sartorius. I helped a chum of mine with a client of his called Mollitor, and I had a nice wee inward chuckle, knowing that his forebears had been snobs.

Salvatore · « **Reply #297 on:** December 14, 2018, 04:13:17 pm »

When Herr Dr Joachim Neumann poshed up his name he went further than latinizing his name, he greekified it to Neander (new man). And the local feature named after him was of course the Neanderthal, where bones were later found which turned out to be a new (.e. previously unknown) man.

ElyDave · « **Reply #298 on:** December 21, 2018, 08:12:01 pm »

The guy who drove into me today is named James Hunt

Kim · « **Reply #299 on:** January 11, 2019, 02:54:28 pm »

Wet wipes to get 'Fine to Flush' logo to tackle fatbergs

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The Fine to Flush tests, set out in a 30 page document, scrutinise whether the wipes are able to clear the u-bend, avoid snagging and avoid chemical residues.

The tests are being carried out by Swindon-based WRc.

Andy Drinkwater, who is in charge of the tests, said one product, from Natracare, will meet the standard.

(WRc is the now-privatised Water Research Centre)