Nominative determinism
Mar 26th 2010 | 11:18 pm
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Nominative determinism
This is the theory that people are drawn to jobs that match their names.
This isn't quite that, but read the headline and then the author's name.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/com...cle7065824.ece
This isn't quite that, but read the headline and then the author's name.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/com...cle7065824.ece
Mar 26th 2010 | 11:27 pm
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Re: Nominative determinism
This is the theory that people are drawn to jobs that match their names.
This isn't quite that, but read the headline and then the author's name.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/com...cle7065824.ece
This isn't quite that, but read the headline and then the author's name.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/com...cle7065824.ece
Mar 26th 2010 | 11:28 pm
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Re: Nominative determinism
This is the theory that people are drawn to jobs that match their names.
This isn't quite that, but read the headline and then the author's name.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/com...cle7065824.ece
This isn't quite that, but read the headline and then the author's name.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/com...cle7065824.ece
Mar 27th 2010 | 9:49 pm
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Re: Nominative determinism
Mar 28th 2010 | 5:40 am
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Re: Nominative determinism
Hilarious! 
