Name and shame
heavymental
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7312412.stm
"Past research has shown that such perceptions can become self-fulfilling prophesies, with teachers giving higher marks to children with attractive names and employers being more likely to promote those who sound successful,"
I often think having a good sounding name will get you far. I sometimes wonder about going out to a club and introducing myself under a number of names to see which one works best.
"Past research has shown that such perceptions can become self-fulfilling prophesies, with teachers giving higher marks to children with attractive names and employers being more likely to promote those who sound successful,"
I often think having a good sounding name will get you far. I sometimes wonder about going out to a club and introducing myself under a number of names to see which one works best.
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Heavymental wrote:http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7312412.stm
I often think having a good sounding name will get you far. I sometimes wonder about going out to a club and introducing myself under a number of names to see which one works best.
And you chose Heavymental.
I see.
No I don't
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haha. Well, that was a spur of the moment decision I regret! Makes me sound like a Metallica fan! Which I'm not!
Anyway...Heavymental isn't at the top of my CV but I wish something along the lines of Clint Eastwood was! Great name!0 -
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There's a bloke in our company called Helmut Schiner - unforgettable
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we had someone in our company called Tony Beloni!
had to stifle laughs when his name came up on the org chart. 0 -
Many, many years ago when I first started work, I was told to ring up a specialist engineering supplier and ask for Mrs. Schnottelgrobstyck (or summat' like that - loong time ago) and I thought, "This is their equivalent of being sent for a lefthanded screwdriver", so I ignored the order.
Bad mistake. Got a rocket and rang up the firm.
"Could I speak to Mrs. Schnottelgrobstyck, please?"
"Would that be Mrs. Emilia Schnottelgrobstyck, Mrs. Jana Schnottelgrobstyck or Mrs. Maryka Schnottelgrobstyck?"
Yep, it was their equivalent of being sent for a lefthanded screwdriverOrganising the Bradford Kids Saturday Bike Club at the Richard Dunn Sports Centre since 1998
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I wonder how "Fanny Schmeller" gets along?
And how would Adolph Schickelgrubber have got on?Remember that you are an Englishman and thus have won first prize in the lottery of life.0 -
OffTheBackAdam wrote:I wonder how "Fanny Schmeller" gets along?
And how would Adolph Schickelgrubber have got on?
Yes, Heil Schickelgubber doesn't have the same ring does it. Perhaps 40 million lives could have been saved.
The 1970's West German team football team manager probablly never even realsied that Helmet Schon was a funny name at all.............Where the neon madmen climb0 -
I used to laugh when commentators wrestled with the pronounciation of the German footballer, Kuntz.0
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Smokin Joe wrote:I used to laugh when commentators wrestled with the pronounciation of the German footballer, Kuntz.
Context was even better than pronounciation.
Loose examples - England v Germany. Motson commentatiing.
And the Germans are once agian exploiting the space in midfield. Kuntz.
The Germans are thinking about a substitution. Kuntz.
I'm sure there's a stack more out there..............Where the neon madmen climb0 -
PronUnciation. Two "O's," not three.0
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oooo.. get her.0
