Call for Nominations for Names of the Year

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> Date: Fri, 26 Nov 2010 17:46:28 -0600
> From: cleveland.evans at BELLEVUE.EDU
> Subject: Call for Nominations for Names of the Year
> To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
>
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> Sender: American Dialect Society
> Poster: Cleve Evans
> Subject: Call for Nominations for Names of the Year
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> Here is this year's call for ANS Names of the Year. Please feel free to dis=
> tribute it widely.
> Thanks.
>
> CALL FOR NOMINATIONS FOR THE ANNUAL
>
> NAMES OF THE YEAR
>
> The American Name Society requests nominations for the "Names of =
> the Year for 2010". The names selected will be ones that best illustrates, =
> through their creation and/or use during the past 18 months, important tren=
> ds in the culture of the United States and Canada.
>
> Nominations are called for in the four following categories=
> :
>
> Personal Names: Names or nicknames of individual real people, animals, or h=
> urricanes.
>
> Place Names: Names or nicknames of any real geographical location, includin=
> g all natural features, political subdivisions, streets, and buildings. Nam=
> es of national or ethnic groups would be included here.
>
> Trade Names: Names of real commercial products, as well as names of both fo=
> r-profit and non-profit companies and organizations, including businesses, =
> universities, and political parties.
>
> Fictional/Literary Names: Names of fictional persons, places, or institutio=
> ns, in any written, oral, or visual medium, as well as titles of art works,=
> books, plays, television programs, or movies.
>
>
> Winners will be chosen in each category, and then a final vote will determi=
> ne the overall Name of the Year for 2010. Anyone may nominate a name. All m=
> embers of the American Name Society attending the annual meeting in San Fra=
> ncisco will select the winner from among the nominees on January 7, 2011. T=
> he winner will be announced that evening at a joint celebration with the Am=
> erican Dialect Society.
>
> Advance nominations must be received by January 4, 2011, th=
> ough nominations will also be accepted from the floor at the annual meeting=
> . Please send your nominations, along with a brief rationale, by United Sta=
> tes mail or e-mail to:
>
> Dr. Cleveland K. Evans
> Psychology Department
> Bellevue University
> 1000 Galvin Road South
> Bellevue, NE 68005-3098
> cleveland.evans at bellevue.edu
>
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