#onomastics — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #onomastics, aggregated by home.social.
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"Epic Fury and the branding of war"
https://lexipedian.substack.com/p/epic-fury-and-the-branding-of-war
"The story of how military operations are named, and why it matters" by Joshua Blackburn
#linguistics #onomastics #names #wars
#sprachwissenschaft #linguistik #namenkunde #benennungsprinzipien #kriege -
FIFTY FIFTY -- Chanelle Moon
The fortunate homophonies between a Korean name, that of Earth's natural satellite, an American given name, and the surname of the French fashion designer have come together to ensure that my Fifty Fifty bias wrecker enjoys one of the most delightfully memorable of all Kpop idol names.
#Kpop #KpopPix #ChanelleMoon #FiftyFifty #CocoChanel #Names
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With the death of Congressmember Bill Pascrell last week, one of the great syncopated Italian-American names is gone from politics:
https://gothamist.com/news/longtime-nj-congressmember-bill-pascrell-dies-in-office-family-announces