LL-L "Names" 2004.05.20 (01) [E]

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From: Pat Reynolds <pat at caerlas.demon.co.uk>
Subject: LL-L "Names" 2004.05.19 (05) [D/E]

In message <017901c43dc8$d34dc7a0$1c0d5f80 at dental.washington.edu>,
Lowlands-L <lowlands-l at lowlands-l.net> writes
>> New Scientist, a popular science magazine in the UK, collected hundreds
of
>> examples of scientific documents written by scientists with names that
>were
>> highly appropriate or inappropriate to the subject matter. I don't know
if
>> these would be online, but I found them very entertaining. They also
>coined
>> a term for this phenomenon - if I could just remember it I could search
>for
>> it on the Web!

I think it was 'nominal determinism'.

I enjoyed them too - this was during the period 1993-1998, if it helps
people to search the archives.

Best wishes to all,

Pat
--
Pat Reynolds
pat at caerlas.demon.co.uk
   "It might look a bit messy now,
                    but just you come back in 500 years time"
   (T. Pratchett)

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