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EPISODE · Mar 10, 2021 · 4 MIN

What’s In A Name? For These Famous Texans, Everything.

from Texas Standard » Stories from Texas · host W.F. Strong

By W. F. Strong Could there be a better name for the world’s faster runner than Usain Bolt?  It’s a dead solid perfect aptronym, which is the formal word for a name that appropriately fits one’s occupation, sometimes humorously. A neurological scholar in England was knighted and became, I kid you not, Lord Brain. The […] The post What’s In A Name? For These Famous Texans, Everything. appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

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By W. F. Strong Could there be a better name for the world’s faster runner than Usain Bolt?  It’s a dead solid perfect aptronym, which is the formal word for a name that appropriately fits one’s occupation, sometimes humorously. A neurological...

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