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7:05pm
2009/03/03
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dulcimoo said:
Phil said:
I remember a wonderful …;
Shanda Lear *a daughter of the family that owns Lear Jets*
Lear is the name of the guy that started the company. Like Ford is the last name of Henry Ford, who started Ford. I don't see what is so remarkable. Or am I missing somthing?
The spelling obscures the joke, but say it out loud. Shanda Lear / chandelier. I hear she was brilliant and dependable.
2:28pm
2010/05/20
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Glenn said:
dulcimoo said:
Phil said:
I remember a wonderful …;
Shanda Lear *a daughter of the family that owns Lear Jets*
Lear is the name of the guy that started the company. Like Ford is the last name of Henry Ford, who started Ford. I don't see what is so remarkable. Or am I missing somthing?
The spelling obscures the joke, but say it out loud. Shanda Lear / chandelier. I hear she was brilliant and dependable.
Ummmm…yah. Well this is a stretch.
4:02pm
2010/11/11
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My daughter has a Doctor who has the last name Doctor. My wife giggles every time they call from Dr. Doctor's office.
5:15pm
2007/08/10
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Lee said:
Ima and Ura Hogg were always among my favorites.
Ima Hogg was a very real person, quite important in the history of Houston.
My favorite of the aptronymous book titles is "Stains on the Bedsheet, by Mister Completely."
11:13pm
2010/05/11
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dhenderson said:
Lee said:
Ima and Ura Hogg were always among my favorites.
Ima Hogg was a very real person, quite important in the history of Houston.
My favorite of the aptronymous book titles is "Stains on the Bedsheet, by Mister Completely."
Oh, yes – Train's assertion was that all the names were real and documented. It appears that he was wrong about Ura Hogg, however (at least according to the Wiki article you quoted).
8:02pm
2011/03/12
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A neighbor of ours for a while in OKC lived with the name and title of Colonel Corn.Even as a 9 year old I thought it was funny.
6:00am
2009/03/03
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Summer is upon us. So it is fitting that we are engaging in a national Weiner roast. It is high time for the subject of aptonyms/aptronyms to rise again. This article claims that the word aptonym (sans r) was coined in 1992 by "Frank Nuessel, a linguistics professor at the University of Louisville, and editor of American Name Society publication NAMES: A Journal of Onomastics."
This article also explores the pathos of Louisville attorney, Richard Head, and his progeny.
[edit: added the following] Note: Google books can verify that the word aptronym (with r) predates 1992 by over 40 years, and maybe much more. There are undeniable references to aptronym, with definition, in 1949. There is also a reference in 1920 that appears to be saying that the word aptronym is recognized as a valid new word. So, unfortunately, I have to go with Grant and his choice of aptronym over aptonym.12:28pm
2007/08/23
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A commenter on this site says his high-school algebra teacher was Mr. Root.