All about names 24.04.2012. | 2 Comments

Prince

In 1993, Prince was fed up with his label, Warner Bros, with whom he had signed a $100 million deal less than a year before. They wanted him to release fewer CDs so he wouldn't flood the market. The artist responded by accusing Warner of stifling his creativity but he couldn't get out of his...
All about names 23.04.2012. | 2 Comments

Changing your name can change your life

Many people decide to change their name because they don't like their original name or find it embarrassing if mispronounced or misspelled. People with names that are identifiably "ethnic" sometimes have problems with that and want to change their name. Some individuals instead would like to reclaim their ethnic heritage by returning to a surname...
All about names 22.04.2012. | 2 Comments

WHAT’S MY NAME?

In 1967, before the boxing fight, Terrell refused to call Ali by his name. Instead he insisted on calling him Cassius Clay. Ali told him and the press that he was going to punish him mercilessly and make him say his real name. During the fight Ali called out "What's my name?" to Terrell. In...
All about names 21.04.2012. | 1 Comment

Thatcher vs. Thatcher

During the United Kingdom general election in 1983 an interesting name change took place. In May 1983 Mr Colin Hanoman changed his name to Margaret Thatcher and, on the same date, Mr Simon Stansfeld changed his name to Ronald Regan. Subsequently, on May 23, Mr Thatcher personally submitted nomination papers to the returning officer for...
All about names Our movie 19.04.2012. | 2 Comments

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2007 should have been a great year for name changing. Just few months after the name change of the three Slovenian artists another great name change took place this time at the Superior Court of California: an Americans artist succeeded in legally changing her name from Kristin Sue Lucas to... Kristin Sue Lucas! The title...
All about names Our movie 17.04.2012. | 5 Comments

Would you be a postman in Chioggia?

Chioggia represents a unique demographic case in Italy, and world-wide I'd say: because of the exceptional number of people bearing the same surname: either Boscolo or Tiozzo. I’ve looked in the phone book for Angelo Boscolo and I found about 40 of them! The postmen were losing their minds, everybody's surname was Boscolo… Read more:...