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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 khallow on Saturday April 12 2014, @02:17AM

    by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Saturday April 12 2014, @02:17AM (#30401) Journal

    "Kayleigh," a name only a redneck could name their kid, believing that spelling it in that obnoxious manner wouldn't later be detrimental to its bearer -- it smacks of the desperately random elaboration of a bad liar*.

    Nah, they probably just live in North Carolina. State capitol is spelled "Raleigh".

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