Here's another example of nominative determinism - people whose jobs suit their names.
In a study of long-tailed tits' co-operative breeding, entitled "Ecological and demographic correlates of helping behaviour in a cooperatively breeding bird", the lead author is…..
Prof Ben Hatchwell!
(See other blog posts on nominative determinism.)
Seen in Soho, London recently (and I'm sure it was a lot of work to make those products too!):
I've not done a nominative determinism post in ages, but here's another good one.
The author of a draft report on the proposal for a new EU directive on recreational crafts and personal watercrafts is called…
Malcolm Harbour
It must be tough for those people who have to subtitle TV programmes, especially at speed.
Here's a great example of a clear slip of the subtitling finger, which made me laugh. Or rather, titter.
