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Lena@gregtech.eu to Nominative Determinism@feddit.ukEnglish · 29 days ago

Lindsay Sleeper

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Lena@gregtech.eu to Nominative Determinism@feddit.ukEnglish · 29 days ago
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  • Lushed_Lungfish@lemmy.ca
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    I mean, if the universe is gonna hand you that joke on a silver platter…

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    I know a Dr. Payne who is a dentist and a Dr. Kokane who studies addiction using cocaine.

    • The Velour Fog @lemmy.world
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      One of my relatives said she knew a gynecologist named Dr. Hole.

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        There are quite a few people with the last name Butts. Wonder how many of them are proctologists.

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        • The_v@lemmy.world
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          Former coworkers last name was Boob.

          Sadly she was a horticulturist not a plastic surgeon. She fainted at the sight of blood.

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          If it wasn’t for the bullying I’d absolutely name my child Seymour if I was a Butts

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          This guy is pretty close

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            Kind of a stretch - gastroenterology covers the whole digestive system from the esophagus down. A proctologist is a “butt doctor”.

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        Had an obgyn in my old town named Dr. Beaver.

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      Dr. Kokane

      Bro literally planned his entire life around a pun

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      Shoutout to Dr Killam, family loves that guy

      • Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works
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        Meanwhile someone made the CHOICE to name the fictional Doctor Killdare.

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    The opposite of nominative determinism?

    • wander1236@sh.itjust.works
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      Determinative nominism

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        deleted by creator

    • einlander@lemmy.world
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      Acquired?

    • Equinox1289@sh.itjust.works
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      Fated nominative determinism.

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    Well, if she’d gone into Physics instead of becoming one, maybe the legacy would’ve continued?

    Though, NGL, I’m all aboard for Dr. Sleeper. 🤘🏼

    FWIW, the surgeons that extracted my wisdom teeth back when were a private practice duo, called Drs. Fear and Hitchcock.

    The former was incredibly tall & slim (~7ft!) with Doc Brown hair, while the latter was round-ish, bald, and liked to stand in the periphery.

    Their only competition for young adult dentistry, et al? A certain Dr. Gentle, though he was quietly known for being anything but.

    The scary ones are those that mask their true nature with misleading presentation. My guys? Led with exactly how things were gonna go. They even had overlarge paisley wallpaper “so your anesthesia cocktail turns them into amoebae”. Legends. 😅

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    Dr Richard “Dick” Chopp is (was?) a urologist specializing in vasectomies.

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    deleted by creator

  • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
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    The Doctor Is In

  • Equinox1289@sh.itjust.works
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    Fated nominative determinism.

  • Hildegard (she/her)@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    Good name for a British railroad designer too.

  • Lovable Sidekick@lemmy.world
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    I read about an OB/GYN named Dr. Fingerhood.

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    first (medical) Dr. Newton in my family

    interesting qualifier, I wanna know the beef

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Nominative determinism is the hypothesis that people tend to gravitate towards areas of work that fit their names. The term was first used in the magazine New Scientist in 1994, after the magazine’s humorous “Feedback” column noted several studies carried out by researchers with remarkably fitting surnames. These included a book on polar explorations by Daniel Snowman and an article on urology by researchers named Splatt and Weedon. These and other examples led to light-hearted speculation that some sort of psychological effect was at work.

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