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Mini Digest 8


Let’s Start The Naming….

You can call me Jay but I’ll answer to JAY (yay!)

Name Fact

There are over 5000 different first names in common use in the United States
http://howmanyofme.com/

Quote of the Day

“Lolita is famous, not I. I am an obscure, doubly obscure, novelist with an unpronounceable name.”
(Vladimir Nabokov)

What Name Is It?

A place where you can buy goods or services:

Name: Shop
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/shop

What’s My Name?

1. I was a German composer and pianist
2. I died in 1827 at the age of 56
3. Near the end of my life I became deaf
4. “Music is a higher revelation than philosophy” is one of my well known quotes
5. My funeral was attended by 20,000 people
6. I am considered one of the greatest composers of all time
7. Symphony 5 is one of my most famous works
Yes, Ludwig van Beethoven is my name!

Name Association

Jimmy Hendrix
Hendrick’s Gin
Henrietta
Henrick
Henry
Henty
Hen
He
H

Random…

“What is your name?” I didn’t want to answer as I didn’t think Giggy Gertrude would be impressive enough to get me the job. They would have just laughed me out of the room.

Nursery Rhyme Naming

Jack and Jill went up the hill,
To fetch a pail of water.

Name In A Sentence

Name this tune (music is then played).

Random…

When you type into Google, Names, the first page of results is almost entirely filled with websites relating to baby names (when I tried, only one result was not related to baby names)

Dada Is My Name
My Name is Dada

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