Nominative determinism

[vilakins]

I've just finished a contract at NIWA (National Institute for Water and Atmosphere Research) and was amused to note among the scientists there a Dr Clearwater whose area is aquatic chemistry and ecotoxity, and a Weatherhead who works in river ecosystems (pity it wasn't climate.)

My GP at uni was a Dr Gash who was a very nice and sympathetic man; lucky he didn't go into surgery. Oh, and while we're on medicine, there's a Dr Tongue in this city who's a gynaecologist.

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[hafren.livejournal.com]

Last time we had a meeting to discuss student results, next to each other on the mark sheet were Pass (who didn't) and Dunwell (who hadn't).

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

That's wonderful! {Well, not for them, obviously.)

[snowgrouse.livejournal.com]

There's a tv veterinarian here with a name that translates as Lynx, and a weatherman whose name means "slightly cloudy"... and I think the head of Helsinki police was a guy called "Aasi" (="ass" as in donkey) once, cackle. Nomen est omen...

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

Hee. And Lynx! That's the name I'm using for my big PGP; it's a rebel alias like Avalon presumably was.

[snowgrouse.livejournal.com]

Did I tell you about the street-sweeping thingy called Vila I saw the other day?:)

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

You did! A typical Delta service grade job which would drive anyone into crime!