Let’s
Start The Naming….
When
you are already here
you
appear to be only
a
name that tells of
you
whether
you are present or not
(W.S.
Merwin, First Lines from the Poem, To the Light of September)
Name
Fact
A
name that is commonly used by male, female and non-identifying genders is
called a unisex name. It can also be called an androgynous name
or an epicene name
Quote
of the Day
“It's
poor judgment', said Grandpa 'to call anything by a name. We don't know what a
hobgoblin or a vampire or a troll is. Could be lots of things. You can't heave
them into categories with labels and say they'll act one way or another. That'd
be silly. They're people. People who do things. Yes, that's the way to put it.
People who *do* things.”
(Ray Bradbury, The October Country)
(Ray Bradbury, The October Country)
What
Name Is It?
1.
Any of numerous limbless, scaly, elongate reptiles of
the suborder Serpentes, comprising venomous and nonvenomous species inhabiting
tropical and temperate areas.
2.
A treacherous person; an insidious enemy.
Name:
Snake
Character
Names
“Character
names are a strange aspect of the novel, one E.M. Forster neglected
to cover. They are so important, so central to a reader’s experience with a
book, and yet so often attended to at the last moment, if at all. From personal
experience, character names often adhere early on in a draft, and it is only
with an immense conscious effort that an author is able to pry the original
handle away from its jealous owner. They run the gamut from the naturalistic
and seemingly inconsequential (Patrick Melrose, Joseph Marlowe) to artificial
and significant (Oedipa Maas, Thomas Gradgrind); from the subtle (India Bridge)
to the obvious (Stephen Dedalus, Becky Sharp, Mr. Merdle); from the very good
(Atticus Finch, Veruca Salt) to the very bad (Purity Tyler)”
(Opening
Paragraph of Adam O’Fallon Price’s essay/article: Edith Wharton Will Teach
You Everything You Need to Know About Naming Characters
What’s
My Name?
1.
I was born in Los Angeles in 1926
2.
I was an actress, model, and singer
3.
I said: “I am not interested in money. I just want to be wonderful”
4.
My birth name was Norma Jeane Mortenson
5.
In December 1953 I made it on the cover, and as a centrefold, of Playboy
6.
I died of an overdose in 1962
7.
I sang “Happy Birthday” to President John F. Kennedy
Yes,
Marilyn Monroe is my name!
Random…
A
2013 study found that people with shorter names earned more money
Nursery
Rhyme Naming
Little
Tommy Tittlemouse
lived
in a little house;
He
caught fishes
in
other men’s ditches
Name In A Sentence
Write
down your full name, starting with your first given name.
Dada
Is My Name
My
Name is Dada
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