When Germanic tribes conquered England in the middle of the first millennium AD, they also brought their names and their
naming conventions with them.
Immigrants from Taiwan and Hong Kong brought this
naming practice to America in recent decades.
From words triggering meaning to significant brands turned into verbs (FedEx, Roller-blade, Google and Xerox come to mind), he explores the complexities of
naming. Ultimately, he claims the task of namers is to understand how to create specific meaning for their clients and then launch those new names into circulation.
Rivkin and Sutherland can hardly contain their admiration for Pfizer's brilliance in
naming its love drug.
Now comes word that George Mason High School in Falls Church, VA, has sold the
naming rights to its football stadium to a local automobile dealership.
In
Naming Tokyo, Mir once again allows her collaborators to drive the content of her work.
It is crucial not to impose modern values of
naming and occupational identity on earlier societies, but the dismissive tone with which the wife of has traditionally been viewed cannot be ignored.
At the time Evenhuis was
naming Phthiria relativitae, the voluntary code of behavior in the nomenclature rules disparaged humorous names, so he realized that a vigilant journal might reject his choice.
MARK: High tech companies aren't the only ones who make mistakes with their
naming conventions.
Like innovations in African-American music and dance, some of our creativity in
naming can be traced back to Africa, says Clark-Atlanta University professor Keith E.
Similar to Bop, Sock Toss teaches names through rapid and repetitive
naming of group members.
If you're still in the woods about identifying,
naming, and pronouncing tree names, please don't call the editors of this magazine.
This got me thinking about the way we name our children and the impact our
naming decisions have on them as they grow and develop as people.
Taxonomy, the science of identifying and
naming entities, has long been an integral component of biologic sciences, both in botany and zoology.