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The Effect Of A Name

posted by janrinok on Saturday April 12 2014, @12:07AM   Printer-friendly
from the call-me-what-you-will dept.

lhsi writes:

The BBC has an article about how a name can affect someone throughout their life. One table shows the chance of attending Oxford with a given name, and a graph shows the downward trend of naming children one of the top 50 most popular names.

 
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  • (Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 12 2014, @12:14AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 12 2014, @12:14AM (#30361)

    "Effect" not "affect"

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  • (Score: 3, Funny) by Buck Feta on Saturday April 12 2014, @12:42AM

    by Buck Feta (958) on Saturday April 12 2014, @12:42AM (#30369) Journal

    Maybe its about affecting a name, such as Sir Buckwald Lord of Feta.

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    • (Score: 4, Insightful) by buswolley on Saturday April 12 2014, @12:49AM

      by buswolley (848) on Saturday April 12 2014, @12:49AM (#30373)

      Of the emotional affect associated with a name.
      of course
      http://xkcd.com/326/ [xkcd.com]

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  • (Score: 3, Informative) by randmcnatt on Saturday April 12 2014, @12:52AM

    by randmcnatt (671) on Saturday April 12 2014, @12:52AM (#30374)
    "Effect" is usually used as a noun, not a verb, and means the result or outcome. This is effect's most common usage. As a verb, "effect" means "cause".

    "Affect" is generally used as a verb, and means to "cause to change" in some way. As a noun, the word "affect" relates to the display of emotion.

    In this case, "affect" is the correct word to use.
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    • (Score: 3, Informative) by randmcnatt on Saturday April 12 2014, @12:56AM

      by randmcnatt (671) on Saturday April 12 2014, @12:56AM (#30376)
      My bad, the headline should be "effect", the link "affect".
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      • (Score: 2, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 12 2014, @01:44AM

        by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 12 2014, @01:44AM (#30388)

        https://www.xkcd.com/326/ [xkcd.com]

        • (Score: 2) by khallow on Saturday April 12 2014, @02:10AM

          by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Saturday April 12 2014, @02:10AM (#30397) Journal

          That's the first thing I thought of. Shame on XKCD for spoiling our traditional pasttimes.

      • (Score: 2) by lhsi on Saturday April 12 2014, @02:31PM

        by lhsi (711) on Saturday April 12 2014, @02:31PM (#30528) Journal

        I think when I first started writing the headline "affect" was correct, but I hit the character limit and had to edit down to a title that fit, forgetting to correct.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 12 2014, @01:57AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 12 2014, @01:57AM (#30391)

      I think the headline should use 'effect'. Names affect people's path in life. So, the choice of a name causes an effect. The effect of a name.

      The whole thing would be clearer if it read

      "The effect of names on individuals"

      or

      "How names can affect lives"

  • (Score: 2) by xlefay on Saturday April 12 2014, @02:26AM

    by xlefay (65) on Saturday April 12 2014, @02:26AM (#30404) Journal

    Fixed!