#names

Distant German #onomastics as distant diplomatics: Our team member Tamás Kovács about his findings in the #Monasterium.net corpus: https://dhsalzburg.hypotheses.org/4660 ("Namen im Fluss der Zeit" / "Names in the Flow of Time") #charterrific #diplomaticsrulez #names

The origin of my self-given "title", the Greatest, explained: it's nothing but a play on my two names .. tho i do think that I am pretty great
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#AKK #AKKtheGreatest #fun #funny #wordplay #meaning #self #resonance #truth #Alex #Karl #name #names #title #goat #poet #art #AIArtist #RSIArt #SypherionVisions #infinity #zero

Generation Why

#Generation #names are notoriously lame. There’s a surprising—and insidious—reason why.

https://slate.com/life/2025/04/generation-alpha-z-x-beta-millennial-years-age-names.html

@bobthetraveler

Thanks for the fascinating history lesson, as always!

Krum the Fearsome is a regnal name right up there with Ethelred the Unready, Charles the Bald, Harald Bluetooth, Eric Bloodaxe, Iskander the Accursed, Wilfred the Hairy, Sebastian the Asleep, Manuel the Bibliophile, Malcolm the Maiden, John the Nunlover, James the Beshitten, and Vlad the Impaler, plus of course Bob the Traveler and Gozer the Gozerian.

#Weird #Names #History

Sorry, I refuse to say "dosa". It will always be "dose".

Die on this hill, Over my dead body, etc.

*Talking about the South Indian dish

#names #food #SouthIndia

#Name #Names

#YesBut #Comic #Comics #Meme #Memes

BoP: did you see there is a new #Tron movie coming out?
me: no.
Him: It's called Tron Ares
Me: How's it spelled?
Him: Like the god.
Me: Good.
Him: ...?

Aries =/= Ares

For more: https://starrytimepodcast.podbean.com/e/aries-the-ram/

#Podcast #Aries #Ares #Zodiac #GreekMythology #GreekMyth #movies #Tron #myth #StarLore #names

where will you hide?

WHERE WILL YOU HIDE, izrahell?
https://tg.la7.it/esteri/vittime-gaza-lista-nomi-28-03-2025-234582

#Palestine #genocide #names #namesofthedead #children #women #men #murdered

#children #colonialism #colonialismo #Gaza #genocide #genocidio #ICC #icj #IDF #IOF #israelestatoterrorista #israelterroriststate #izrahell #massmurders #men #murdered #names #namesofthedead #Palestina #Palestine #sionismo #sionisti #sionistiassassini #starvingcivilians #starvingpeople #warcrimes #women #zionism

And finally, new data from Nameberry says people in red states are giving their kids the classic Jewish name Cohen (sometimes with the spelling Kohen). Our @CultureDesk featured this Forward story by Benyamin Cohen and Mira Fox, who are trying to figure out why. Theories include that people are naming their children after the directing duo the Coen brothers, or that it’s a co-opting by Christians of Jewish traditions. Says Benyamin: “I think it’s clever to give pets human names. We have chickens and each one is named after an NPR broadcaster. We have Terry Gross, Yuki Noguchi, Nina Totenberg and so on. We’re actually on our third Melissa Block. The first two, alas, are in chicken heaven now.” Mira replies: “And they all, of course, have your last name.” Benyamin: “Yes, yes. We call them the Co-Hens. I wonder what Nameberry would think of that.”

https://forward.com/culture/707893/kohen-mira-baby-name-popularity/

#Culture #Lifestyle #Names #Judaism #Lifestyle #Parenting #RedStates #Christianity #Newstodon #NewstodonFriday #FollowFriday

Christians using Cohen/Kohen as a first name...hmmm....not too sure about that, I must say.

>> ...it feels part of a general trend toward co-opting Jewish traditions and then changing their meaning, or trying to tie it to Jesus.<<

Why Kohen is a top name in red states and Mira in blue ones – The Forward

https://forward.com/culture/707893/kohen-mira-baby-name-popularity/

#Names #Kohen #Cohen #Mira #Onomastics

The name Kohen (or Cohen) is skyrocketing in popularity, but only in red states, while Mira is all over blue states. What's driving the popularity of these traditionally Jewish names? Forward's Benyamin Cohen and Mira Fox have thoughts. Mira: "Does Cohen mean anything else, besides being a priest?" Benyamin: "Sure, it means, 'Hi, I’m a Jew.'"

https://flip.it/Z6a7AF

#Names #Language #Linguistics #Culture #Judaism #Religion #Parenting #Lifestyle #Family

As an #author, you pick your characters' #names. There's no reason I should be reading a story with unrelated characters named Buck, Bud, Bob, Bill, and Ben. I'll likely lose track of some.

My neighbours are so cheap, they named their daughter Abby so they could rearrange and reuse the baby shower decorations each year on her birthday. Lots of decorations that just say ABBY!

#abby #baby #names #whatsinaname

Oh no. #MAGA is mad that the #NYT shared the #names of #DOGE #staffers. Don’t #share this! Would be a shame

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/02/27/us/politics/doge-staff-list.html

A Jiji Press survey has revealed that 311, or 44%, of all 705 members of parliament think the country should introduce a selective dual surname system for married couples. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/08/japan/politics/japanese-lawmakers-back-dual-surname-system/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #women039sissues #diet #surveys #marriage #names #men039sissues #familyregistry #familylaw

The Barbatula #fish species newly discovered by researchers #unibern #WyssAcademy #NaturhistorischesMuseumBern #Eawag now have #names!

They are called «fluvicola» und «ommata».

https://mediarelations.unibe.ch/media_releases/2025/media_releases_2025/the_two_newly_discovered_fish_species_have_a_name/index_eng.html

Need a name for 45 tonight, but don’t wanna use his because you know he loves when people use his name? I got you. @45names.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy shares a name for him every hour. Scroll through and enjoy. Use them well. Maybe follow while you’re there. #USpol #satire #names #laughtivism

Should we stop saying "American" about things from the USA? As a courtesy to the rest of America?

#language #names #america #continent #usa

@ScottEdelman

Smooth!

Don't think I'd heard of Ivory Joe Hunter, thanks!

Just looked him up: Rhythm and blues singer/songwriter (and, inevitably, pianist) ... lived 1914-1974 ... The Baron of Boogie ... wrote over 7,000 songs.

Maybe most memorable factoid: "Ivory Joe" was his real name; at birth, his parents said he "looked just like the baby on the outside of the Castoria Ivory bottle." (Apparently a children's laxative?)

#Music #RhythmAndBlues #Names

"Good morning. And your name is?"

"James Sexworker."

"Sexworker? You've got to be kidding me."

"I am serious."

"I've never heard such a thing."

"You know how people used to be named according to their occupations: Taylor, Cordwainer, Wainwright."

"Sure."

"Guess what my ancestors did?"

"Oh..."

"And what is your name?"

"Julie Escort-Services."

#SexWorkers #names #escort #nonsense