I have a confession to make. I absolutely heart the ABC television programme Can We Help? I particularly like the segment about language with expert linguist Kate Burridge (well I am a writer after all!). On last Friday night's episode, Kate spoke about names! I think that deserves some more !!!!!! She discussed how names are so personal that in some cases they can lose their capital letter and become every day words. Some examples include 'the jack of all trades', and 'a sheila'. I also found it interesting that up to 40 000 English words are based somehow on someone's name. FORTY THOUSAND! I was so excited about this story that I have included the transcript here. You know, just incase you missed the show because you were too busy with Friday night work drinks or something...
Love,
The Name Dame
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