Nominative Determinism - Slight Return

djgordy · 807016. Mon Apr 18, 2011 7:11 am

Not really to do with this topic but leading on from the post above: in yesterday's FA Cup semi final between Stoke and Bolton, much was made of the fact that Stoke player Matthew Everington had overcome a gambling addiction. The current shirt sponsors for Bolton are 188bet.com.

djgordy · 820312. Mon May 30, 2011 3:00 am

There were a couple of good ones on BBC's "Countryfile" last night.

There was a lady from Imperial College (where all the best and cleverest people went, hem hem...) doing a study into the parakeets that have appeared in the south of England. Her name is Hannah Peck and here she is doing it.

http://imperial.academia.edu/HannahPeck

There was also a Dr. Chris Stoate who works for the Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust. He's on here.

http://www.gwct.org.uk/research__surveys/the_allerton_project/458.asp

Bondee · 820382. Mon May 30, 2011 9:37 am

Has anyone mentioned the Lumière brothers yet?

djgordy · 822378. Wed Jun 08, 2011 1:25 am

Not strictly nominative determinism as it doesn't refer to his job but still quite funny.

djgordy · 842835. Thu Sep 01, 2011 10:10 am

Following on from East Midland Today's weather presenter Sarah Blizzard, who we had some time ago (so to speak...), I give you Amy Freeze, meteorologist on WABC-TV in New York. She even has her own web site.

http://www.amyfreeze.com/

If America ever stops having weather she could probably earn a living as a Sarah Palin looky-likey.

djgordy · 844305. Wed Sep 07, 2011 4:31 am

Strawberry · 850194. Sun Sep 25, 2011 5:29 pm

i was watching That Sunday Night Show. They showed a clip from an Australian news programme, where someone was reporting from Amy Park, which is Melbourne Football Club's grounds. The reporter was called Amy Parks.

i also noticed nominative determinism on Come Dine With Me a few months ago. There was a woman on there who was a nurse. She was called Emma Nurse.

Spud McLaren · 850196. Sun Sep 25, 2011 5:32 pm

"Nurse Nurse" has a definitely urgent ring to it...

monzac · 850198. Sun Sep 25, 2011 5:54 pm

Olive Pink, Australian botanical illustrator, anthropologist, gardener, and activist for Aboriginal rights. She established the prettily named Olive Pink Botanic Garden.

djgordy · 868012. Fri Dec 02, 2011 4:53 am

djgordy · 869534. Fri Dec 09, 2011 5:23 am

You'll like this one.

There is a sport called professional bull riding*. In case you don't know this is where chaps wearing chaps sit on bulls which then throw them on to the ground. There is one pro bull rider called Ryan Dirteater.

www.pbr.com/en/riders/profiles/r/ryan-dirteater.aspx

Ryan Dirteater is his real name and is accounted for by him being part Cherokee. Not sure which part though.

*To be honest, I can't help thinking that the term "bull riding" is a bit of an exaggeration. I watched one programme out of curiosity on one of the free sports channels and the maximum length of time they stay on is 8 seconds.

Strawberry · 869540. Fri Dec 09, 2011 5:38 am

An American woman was arrested for giving bum injections to other women. Her name is Lauretta Cheek.

djgordy · 885880. Wed Feb 15, 2012 6:31 am

slade · 885986. Wed Feb 15, 2012 10:40 am

I sometimes think we should pay more attention to what I shall call Slade's First Rule of Reverse Nominative Determinism (SFRRND for short).

This states that any council estate called Sunny Meadows is guaranteed to be a needle-strewn hellhole, while any foreign military campaign named Operation Rapid Victory will drag on for years, needlessly kill thousands of young people and cost its sponsoring country a fortune.

It follows that the next council estate built should be called Squalid Miserytown, and our next adventure abroad titled Operation Infinite Quagmire. The result would be a happy, well-housed population at home and a string of sure, painless victories overseas.

Efros · 886006. Wed Feb 15, 2012 11:15 am

Similarly, Justice ministries and Truth commissions.