Nominative determinism
Mar 27th 2010, 11:18 am
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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 27th 2010, 11:27 am
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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, 11:28 am
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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 28th 2010, 9:49 am
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Re: Nominative determinism
Mar 28th 2010, 5:40 pm
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Re: Nominative determinism
Hilarious! 
