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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, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 12 2014, @04:56AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 12 2014, @04:56AM (#30444)

    "children with unusual names may learn impulse control

    I'm reminded of the other side of that coin.
    A Boy Named Sue [google.com]

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  • (Score: 2) by c0lo on Saturday April 12 2014, @05:49AM

    by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Saturday April 12 2014, @05:49AM (#30455) Journal
    I like that one too.
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    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford