Comments on: The linguistics of Obama http://www.thenameinspector.com/the-linguistics-of-obama/ Tells you what makes names tick. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 02:06:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: John http://www.thenameinspector.com/the-linguistics-of-obama/comment-page-1/#comment-135568 John Wed, 11 Nov 2009 23:08:51 +0000 http://www.thenameinspector.com/the-linguistics-of-obama/#comment-135568 Isn't some coincidence that D.D. Eisenhower was the one that had to end the war against Germany and B. Hussein O. now has to end the war in Iraq? Just a thought. Isn’t some coincidence that D.D. Eisenhower was the one that had to end the war against Germany and B. Hussein O. now has to end the war in Iraq?
Just a thought.

]]> By: The Name Inspector http://www.thenameinspector.com/the-linguistics-of-obama/comment-page-1/#comment-133576 The Name Inspector Sun, 25 Oct 2009 17:36:26 +0000 http://www.thenameinspector.com/the-linguistics-of-obama/#comment-133576 Ben, thanks for stopping by. But you didn't really think it would be that easy to catch The Name Inspector in a mistake, did you? First, the issue isn't how the names are written, but how they're pronounced. Pierce, Fillmore, and Coolidge "end in vowels" orthographically, but not phonetically. Take those away, and Obama is the fourth name to end in a vowel. And Adams and Adams are, of course, the same name, so Obama is the fourth NAME on the list to start with a vowel. Ben, thanks for stopping by. But you didn’t really think it would be that easy to catch The Name Inspector in a mistake, did you? First, the issue isn’t how the names are written, but how they’re pronounced. Pierce, Fillmore, and Coolidge “end in vowels” orthographically, but not phonetically. Take those away, and Obama is the fourth name to end in a vowel. And Adams and Adams are, of course, the same name, so Obama is the fourth NAME on the list to start with a vowel.

]]> By: Ben http://www.thenameinspector.com/the-linguistics-of-obama/comment-page-1/#comment-133560 Ben Sun, 25 Oct 2009 10:31:08 +0000 http://www.thenameinspector.com/the-linguistics-of-obama/#comment-133560 Adams, (Quincy) Adams, Arthur, Eisenhower, Obama = 5 presidents that start with a vowel Monroe, Pierce, Fillmore, McKinley, Coolidge, Kennedy, Obama = 7 presidents that end in a vowel Adams, (Quincy) Adams, Arthur, Eisenhower, Obama = 5 presidents that start with a vowel

Monroe, Pierce, Fillmore, McKinley, Coolidge, Kennedy, Obama = 7 presidents that end in a vowel

]]> By: Tom http://www.thenameinspector.com/the-linguistics-of-obama/comment-page-1/#comment-107476 Tom Tue, 03 Feb 2009 07:20:30 +0000 http://www.thenameinspector.com/the-linguistics-of-obama/#comment-107476 yes, they certainly managed to brand the name well..obamagirl etc. Definitely slips off the tongue better than mccaingirl (or is that where sarah palin came in) yes, they certainly managed to brand the name well..obamagirl etc. Definitely slips off the tongue better than mccaingirl (or is that where sarah palin came in)

]]> By: Molly http://www.thenameinspector.com/the-linguistics-of-obama/comment-page-1/#comment-90062 Molly Thu, 16 Oct 2008 04:48:06 +0000 http://www.thenameinspector.com/the-linguistics-of-obama/#comment-90062 Yowza. "Dutch" counts as "ethnic"? Linguistics is awesome. Yowza. “Dutch” counts as “ethnic”? Linguistics is awesome.

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