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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: 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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