Comments on: Weekend Word Wrap: What’s in a Name part 3

By: Criztyna Ezcubar

Criztyna Ezcubar — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 02:29:59 +0000

euhhh i read ur little article and i wanted to know what sofo or soso realy means .:p
can u answer please

By: Dave SC

Dave SC — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 01:53:18 +0000

Further to ‘!!!’ (and very late, sorry!) – it’s pronounced ‘Tchk Tchk Tchk’ according to the record sleeves, so the african language reference is very close. Being an ex-acorn user I should point out that the exclamation mark was renamed to ‘pling’ back in the 80s, so the band could be referred to as ‘Pling Pling Pling’ (in English ;)

By: greenstrawberries

greenstrawberries — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 10:04:36 +0000

Yeah, most of Europe has or has had some kind of requirement for the names you give your child. France had several rules, but I think they got rid of them a few years ago. (Hence the propensity of French hyphenated names… You could use names like Jean and Marc, but there are a TON of French boys named Jean or Marc, so you name your child Jean-Marc. My dad’s name by the way.)
Backwards names are just weird in my mind. I had a student named Sema J (James backwards). He had a twin with a backwards name too.

By: GilreanEstel

GilreanEstel — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 11:20:09 +0000

I knew a girl in high school her name was A.M.R pronounced amar. It is my understanding that her parents could’t decide which name, so they gave her the fisrt letters, and she got to decide which one she wanted when she tuned 18.

I also knew a guy who was named Evol which is love backwards. Just looks like one letter from Evil to me.

and What about Frank Zappa’s kids Moonunit and Dwezzel.

By: Abbasmurf

Abbasmurf — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 14:52:43 +0000

I was just thinking the same thing, Dr. Howard. Their names don’t even appear on the cover of the 4th album–just the symbols.

By: Dr Howard

Dr Howard — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 04:53:28 +0000

It is not only Jimmy Page that had a logo, all the members of Led Zeppelin had a symbol. I can’t place the link Check yahoo images type in zeppelin symbols in an Image search

By: Aemi

Aemi — Sun, 26 Aug 2007 03:23:56 +0000

Being Aemi, I frequently use the combined a-e symbol.

By: Omega

Omega — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 21:48:14 +0000

My name is Omega, so when possible I just use the symbol to label/sign

By: katie

katie — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 14:27:36 +0000

this isn’t quite the same, and might have fit better under an earlier post, but i went to high school with a boy named “jeremiah twenty-nine eleven” (last name redacted).

“For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” Jeremiah 29:11

By: Ian Randal Strock

Ian Randal Strock — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 00:41:56 +0000

I always thought that purple glyph was pronounced “prince” (at least, that’s how I pronounced it).

And I knew a fellow named Logan 5 [last name redacted]. His father was a big fan of “Logan’s Run.” But yep, his middle name was “5″.