Nominative Determinism...........

[Blackbriar 8,569]

.....or having a name that matches your job !

 

http://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/the-name-game--the-weird-science-of-nominative-determinism-6384728.html

 

My old mum was a nurse for many years and worked with a Sister Pain and a Doctor Butcher !

 

Anyone ever come across any ?

[desertbred 5,490]

Once saw a sign in Sheffield Thomas E Crapper & Sons sanitary Engineers

[dytkos 17,821]

I know a farmer called Brian Farmer lol

 

Cheers, D.

[offtheradar 175]

There was a home economics teacher in my high school called Mrs Bacon

[northern lad 2,292]

Theres a welder round here called Ray Ling

[neil cooney 10,416]

I knew a fish monger caller Christy Herron once and I always thought Barry Todhunter was perfectly named.

[fireman 11,000]

Funeral directors is Salisbury years ago called Will Case & sons ..

Edited May 16, 2015 by fireman

[Mister Gain 1,764]

Back in the 60's used to have a metalwork teacher called Mr. Sparks. (mind you, he did teach woodwork as well)

[richie1984 191]

Got a friend who's a tree surgeon called Paul woods

[marshman 7,758]

I know it probably doesn't count but there's a Thai restaurant I seen called Phat Phuc .

[Skull Hooker 185]

I used to know a police constable Constable once.

[peterhunter86 8,627]

I used to know a police constable Constable once.

 

I knew a police woman with a shaved twat we used to call her cnut stubble

[Truther 1,579]

When you drove into Bawtry from the Maltby end years ago, bang across from the junction was "Bloodsworth's Butchers"

[treecreeper 1,136]

you cant really help what name your born with, but that's how a lot of folk got them in the first place aint it?

i do what mine suggests or i wouldn't be on here