"Upset" & other nomenological phenomena

[George Thompson]

"Appronym" is a good word.

A popular book of the early 70s on animal behavior: The imperial animal [by] Lionel Tiger & Robin Fox.

GAT

George A. Thompson
Author of A Documentary History of "The African
Theatre", Northwestern Univ. Pr., 1998.

----- Original Message -----
From: "A. Maberry" <maberry at U.WASHINGTON.EDU>
Date: Wednesday, November 20, 2002 12:39 pm
Subject: Re: "Upset" & other nomenological phenomena

> Years ago we kept a list of authors and the titles of their books
> e.g.,Fish, Marie Poland, 1932-  Contributions to the natural
> history of the
> Burbot, Lota maculosa (Lesueur) [a type of fish--ed.]
>
> We called such phenomena "appronyms."
>
> allen
> maberry at u.washington.edu
>
>
> On Wed, 20 Nov 2002, Peter A. McGraw wrote:
>
> > Believe it or not, my mother had a dentist named Dr. Payne when
> she was a
> > kid, my dad had a Dr. Acres, and my sister and I had a Dr. Molar.
> >
> > Peter Mc.
> >
> > --On Wednesday, November 20, 2002 12:10 PM -0500 David Bergdahl
> > <bergdahl at OAK.CATS.OHIOU.EDU> wrote:
> >
> > > We had a dentist named Dr. Payne but she moved (her husband
> decided to
> > > become a minister)
> >
> >
> >
> >
> ****************************************************************************>                                Peter A. McGraw
> >                    Linfield College   *   McMinnville, OR
> >                             pmcgraw at linfield.edu
> >
>