What's in a name? (LINK)
July 13th 2008 08:59
I had reason to come across the site, isthisyourname.com, again tonight, and thought, after having checked out the name that came up, it might be interesting to see what results I got by putting my name in.
Of course the stuff that comes up is really pretty ridiculous - like, do I need to know what my name is in ASCII binary? Probably not.
However, it seems my name is averagely envoweled. Averagely doesn’t strike me as much of a word (though my Spellchecker seems at home with it) but envoweled is definitely on the outskirts of real English. When you check through Google the only results that come up are other people commenting on the fact that isthisyourname.com uses the word, and the One Look Dictionary, which is usually pretty good at finding odd words, says: Sorry, no dictionaries indexed in the selected category contain the word envoweled.
Backwards my name is Leahcim Lworc. As they say, it has a nice ring to it: somewhat Celtic, I think.
I’m informed that my personal power animal is the grizzly bear. Since I
have no idea what my personal power animal is anyway, this means nothing to me. Under the numerology section, which the site admits is rubbish, I’m supposed to be adventurous, mercurial, and sensual. I seek growth through adventure [well, I would if I was adventurous, don’t you think?] and different life experiences. Although I are a critical thinker, I can sometimes over-ponder an issue.
They’re right. This is rubbish. It doesn’t describe me in the least.
Finally they claim: According to the US Census Bureau°, 2.641% of US residents have the first name 'Michael' and 0.0012% have the surname 'Crowl'. The US has around 300 million residents, so we guesstimate there are 95 Americans who go by the name 'Michael Crowl'.
Well, this could be right. And could be wrong. I can tell you something far more definite: in the whole of New Zealand, I’m the only Michael Crowl. And up until my children started to grow up and appear in the phone book, my wife and I were the only Crowls in the any phone book in the country. As it is, our family are the only ones to appear even now.
That’s much more of an interesting statistic than the possibility that there are 95 Mike Crowls in the States.
Footnote: A bit of checking on power animals on Google shows up a number of sites. Here’s one of many example.
Of course the stuff that comes up is really pretty ridiculous - like, do I need to know what my name is in ASCII binary? Probably not.
However, it seems my name is averagely envoweled. Averagely doesn’t strike me as much of a word (though my Spellchecker seems at home with it) but envoweled is definitely on the outskirts of real English. When you check through Google the only results that come up are other people commenting on the fact that isthisyourname.com uses the word, and the One Look Dictionary, which is usually pretty good at finding odd words, says: Sorry, no dictionaries indexed in the selected category contain the word envoweled.
Backwards my name is Leahcim Lworc. As they say, it has a nice ring to it: somewhat Celtic, I think.
I’m informed that my personal power animal is the grizzly bear. Since I
Grizzly Bear by Peter MacDonald
They’re right. This is rubbish. It doesn’t describe me in the least.
Finally they claim: According to the US Census Bureau°, 2.641% of US residents have the first name 'Michael' and 0.0012% have the surname 'Crowl'. The US has around 300 million residents, so we guesstimate there are 95 Americans who go by the name 'Michael Crowl'.
Well, this could be right. And could be wrong. I can tell you something far more definite: in the whole of New Zealand, I’m the only Michael Crowl. And up until my children started to grow up and appear in the phone book, my wife and I were the only Crowls in the any phone book in the country. As it is, our family are the only ones to appear even now.
That’s much more of an interesting statistic than the possibility that there are 95 Mike Crowls in the States.
Footnote: A bit of checking on power animals on Google shows up a number of sites. Here’s one of many example.
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