handofdave
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What's in a name?
Feb 02, 2007, 00:11
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I find it supernaturally fitting that Bush has chosen General Petraeus (pronounced Betray-Us) to take over in Iraq as head honcho of the military.
Betray us.
Yup.
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Lupus
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Re: What's in a name?
Feb 02, 2007, 09:35
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Also sounds like the name of an oil company.
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PMM
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Re: What's in a name?
Feb 02, 2007, 16:08
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http://interconnected.org/dirk/things/george+w+bush/to/dick
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baza
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Re: What's in a name?
Feb 02, 2007, 17:40
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That's a good one.
This seemingly common occurrence is known as nominative determinism:
http://www.science-frontiers.com/sf108/sf108p14.htm
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handofdave
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Re: What's in a name?
Feb 02, 2007, 18:08
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Great link there.
When I was a kid my sister had a book called 'Care and Training of Ponies and Horses' by Cynthia Slaughter. That always used to crack me up.
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HI DEN
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Re: What's in a name?
Feb 03, 2007, 12:12
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One proof more that there´s something(in the name), i´d guess.
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