If you are a name watcher and a food lover, here are a few interesting / maddening / humbling / irritating links for you:
Washington Post journalist Christopher Ingraham challenges readers to name a food “just by looking at where it comes from” as indicated by a series of dots on a map of the United States.
The Daily Meal lists the top ten most commonly misspelled food names.
Discover Huffington Post’s list of commonly mispronounced food names. And yes, that brown UK steak sauce in on the list!
The Luther Burger
Dr. Cleveland Evans writes about names for the Omaha World-Herald. This week’s column explores Luther.
This East African Western University student discusses how Westerners cannot pronounce her name and what that means to her.… Read More
Dr. Cleveland Evans writes about names for the Omaha World-Herald. This week’s column explores Theodore.… Read More
Google’s product naming strategy is confusing. See this lifehacker article for more information.
Dr. Cleveland Evans writes about names for the Omaha World-Herald. This week’s column explores Emily.
Atlas Obscura, together with Digg, has released the crowd-sourced map of businesses with pun names. Not surprisingly, it’s quite a collection! Check it out.… Read More
Interested in outlawed baby names around the world? View a list of ten examples here.… Read More
This article discussed the complex history of the names of Native American tribes in New Mexico, focusing on the Navajo and the Papago.
Researchers at the University of Glasgow have taken on the herculean task of creating a definitive thesaurus of the Scots language.
During the collection of terminology, the scientists were astounded to discover that the language seems to have no fewer than 421 words to describe conditions in the Winter. From spitters, a name for the tiny flakes of snow that ride on wind-driven rain to feefle, reportedly used to name swirling snow.
In an interview featured in a September 2015 issue The Scotsman, a member of the research team, Dr. Rennie, was quoted as saying that “There may be other words out there that we are not yet aware of, and that is where we would welcome the support of the public. If they use or remember words for particular sports or weather, we would love to hear about them.”
Just how many names for Winter weather will be garnered by this public appeal remains to be seen. But, if experience is anything to go by, the current number of Scots snow names catalogued will no doubt rise.
