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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 buswolley on Saturday April 12 2014, @01:35AM

    by buswolley (848) on Saturday April 12 2014, @01:35AM (#30385)

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 12 2014, @01:59AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 12 2014, @01:59AM (#30393)

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  • (Score: 2) by clone141166 on Saturday April 12 2014, @02:14AM

    by clone141166 (59) on Saturday April 12 2014, @02:14AM (#30400)

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