tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post5954726294423499176..comments2024-03-28T21:56:51.675-04:00Comments on Face to Face: What qualities does your name bring to mind?agnostichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12967177967469961883noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-67621491924053427472010-03-17T05:18:34.856-04:002010-03-17T05:18:34.856-04:00"A more straightforward explanation might be ..."A more straightforward explanation might be that the only people likely to seek out a name and vote on it are people with that name."<br /><br />Nah, people who go there look up lots of names. If only (or mostly) people with the particular name looked it up, their scores would all be very high and uniform. Instead, they're just a lot higher than they should be -- not necessarily at the high end, perhaps just at the middle when it should be low.<br /><br />And there's decent variation among the scores: some are middle, some are high, some are middle-high, even for the same name.<br /><br />Also, this is an ad hoc explanation, so it doesn't account for all of the other cases that the "audience sympathy" account does.agnostichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12967177967469961883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-36375434857486062122010-03-13T10:49:07.457-05:002010-03-13T10:49:07.457-05:00I read a book with the same theme...was telling a ...I read a book with the same theme...was telling a colleague about it while waiting for a flight on a business trip...<br /><br />ME: Can't remember what the worst male name was, but the absolute worst female name in terms of its connotations was "Bertha."<br /><br />ELDERLY LADY: I quite agree with you. That's my name, and it has been a burden to me all my life.David Fosterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15464681514800720063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-64824738719056551652010-03-12T16:47:41.914-05:002010-03-12T16:47:41.914-05:00A more straightforward explanation might be that t...A more straightforward explanation might be that the only people likely to seek out a name and vote on it are people with that name. I looked up my name, voted it as excellent on all counts, observed that others thought so, too, and will not return to the site.Basil Rancidnoreply@blogger.com