What's in a name?

My curious mind wants to know if there's an interesting etymological
background to your name which you'd care to share.

Back in the 60s I worked with a Brit whose name was Iva Fishbone, and I
had to keep myself from blurting out, "Is it stuck in your throat?" when
I first met him.

FWIW my family name, originally spelled Wishnia, means either cherry
tree or cherry in Polish, I'm not sure which, but I once saw an ad for a
Polish chocolate covered cherry candy with our family name on the package.

Earlier this week I came across this college, which has quite a few
marvelously descriptive last names among the members of its faculty and
board.

http://www.cdkc.edu/

I wonder if it's graduates are jokingly referred to as "not the sharpest
knives in the drawer." G

Jeff
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Jeffry Wisnia

(W1BSV + Brass Rat '57 EE)

"Truth exists; only falsehood has to be invented."

Jeff Wisnia wrote:

What's in a name?

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Sorry rcm, that was meant to be posted to another newsgroup.

But the "Chief Dull Knife College" part is for real as far as I can tell.

Jeff

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Jeffry Wisnia

(W1BSV + Brass Rat '57 EE)

"Truth exists; only falsehood has to be invented."

On Fri, 12 Aug 2005 12:03:36 -0400, Jeff Wisnia
wrote:

What's in a name?

My curious mind wants to know if there's an interesting etymological
background to your name which you'd care to share.

Back in the 60s I worked with a Brit whose name was Iva Fishbone, and I
had to keep myself from blurting out, "Is it stuck in your throat?" when
I first met him.

FWIW my family name, originally spelled Wishnia, means either cherry
tree or cherry in Polish, I'm not sure which, but I once saw an ad for a
Polish chocolate covered cherry candy with our family name on the package.

Earlier this week I came across this college, which has quite a few
marvelously descriptive last names among the members of its faculty and
board.

http://www.cdkc.edu/

I wonder if it's graduates are jokingly referred to as "not the sharpest
knives in the drawer." G

Jeff

There was someone around here named "Yu Seok Hwang". he changed his
name to Tim or something like that.
Randy

Jeff Wisnia wrote:

What's in a name?

My curious mind wants to know if there's an interesting etymological
background to your name which you'd care to share.

One of the more interesting coincidences in names was a guy named Dick
Stackpole. He worked for a pile driving subcontractor that installed
driven foundation pilings for the contractor that I worked for. I often
marveled at how appropriate his name fit his profession.

Gary Brady ("McBradaigh" in old Ireland)
Austin, TX