Ormond Posted January 16, 2008 Share Posted January 16, 2008 For those of you who might be interested: I have begun writing a column on names that at this point will be appearing every other Tuesday in the Omaha World-Herald. At the moment you seem to be able to look at in online. I'm not sure I really want it to be online, as my ultimate goal is to get the column syndicated, but at least you all can look at it for now. The topic for the first column was suggested by the editor. I hope you all like it. http://www.omaha.com/index.php?u_pag...u_sid=10232182 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tears of Lys Posted January 16, 2008 Share Posted January 16, 2008 What am I missing? Ican't find an article on names. Do I click on one of the links? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanteGabriel Posted January 16, 2008 Share Posted January 16, 2008 Like Tears, all I'm seeing when I follow the link is a generalized newspaper home page. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edda van Heefmstra Ruston Posted January 16, 2008 Share Posted January 16, 2008 Try this link? Ormond's article ETA: The title of the column is "He's known as Martin but was born Michael", and is in the Living section. I found it by searching Ormond's own name, but you should also be able to browse to it using the dropdown menus at the top. I should also point out that it's dated the 15th, so it's not in today's e-newspaper as far as I can tell. (It is Wednesday the 16th, isn't it? I'm confused now. ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angalin Posted January 16, 2008 Share Posted January 16, 2008 Lovely! Hope the syndication happens, as that's a very neat story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tears of Lys Posted January 16, 2008 Share Posted January 16, 2008 Thanks, Eeef! I think it's a great idea for a column, particularly since there's a baby boomlet going on in USA currently. I didn't know that about MLK. But I somewhat wondered why they didn't like "Michael" and chose to switch to "Martin." Did it have anything to do with the German Protestant reformer? Anyway, I would read it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ormond Posted January 16, 2008 Author Share Posted January 16, 2008 Try this link? Ormond's article ETA: The title of the column is "He's known as Martin but was born Michael", and is in the Living section. I found it by searching Ormond's own name, but you should also be able to browse to it using the dropdown menus at the top. I should also point out that it's dated the 15th, so it's not in today's e-newspaper as far as I can tell. (It is Wednesday the 16th, isn't it? I'm confused now. ) Sorry that the link didn't work to take you directly to the column. And it was published on January 15, not the the 16th. My real name is "cleveland evans" if you want to use the search function on the World-Herald site to find it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LindaElane Posted January 16, 2008 Share Posted January 16, 2008 Congrats! Very interesting article! Please let us know when more are published as I would like to start reading them regularly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zollo Posted January 16, 2008 Share Posted January 16, 2008 Congrats! Very interesting article! Please let us know when more are published as I would like to start reading them regularly. Apparently every other Tuesday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitestripe Posted January 16, 2008 Share Posted January 16, 2008 Did it have anything to do with the German Protestant reformer? Yes. It's in the article. Interesting about Yolanda King's name. Hubby is anglo and his parents have good friends (the Chens) who are Chinese. Hubby's parents and the Chen's had children at the same time. One of the Chens' daughters (first generation Chinese-American) is named Yolanda. I grew up in the South and knew lots of Af-Am Yolandas, but I always thought it was an odd choice for a Chinese American. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LindaElane Posted January 16, 2008 Share Posted January 16, 2008 Apparently every other Tuesday. Right...sorry...the first post seemed to indicate some uncertainly as to whether they would be online. I am also making a subtle hint that I think it would be cool for Ormond to come on from time to time and say "a new one is up", even though I could keep track of "every other Tuesday" if indeed it was for certain that it would be online. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zollo Posted January 16, 2008 Share Posted January 16, 2008 Well, the paper does have an RSS feed eta: (which does not seem to be showing the column btw, so much for priorities in Omaha) eta 2: wait, yes it does! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanteGabriel Posted January 16, 2008 Share Posted January 16, 2008 Nice, Ormond. I am now better educated than I was this morning. Keep up the column, looking forward to more! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awesome possum Posted January 16, 2008 Share Posted January 16, 2008 For those of you who might be interested: I have begun writing a column on names that at this point will be appearing every other Tuesday in the Omaha World-Herald. At the moment you seem to be able to look at in online. I'm not sure I really want it to be online, as my ultimate goal is to get the column syndicated, but at least you all can look at it for now. The topic for the first column was suggested by the editor. I hope you all like it. http://www.omaha.com/index.php?u_pag...u_sid=10232182 Very good stuff! Your newspaper should have an account with the Associated Press, if so, I believe you can submit your columns to the AP for reprinting. That does not mean automatic syndication, but your columns will be put into the AP database for newspapers all around the world to choose to add to their sections if they so choose. I am not sure of the logistics of such an action, but you can contact the AP representative (probably in Omaha) to find out more details. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ormond Posted January 29, 2008 Author Share Posted January 29, 2008 Just for Linda Elane: The second of my columns for the World Herald is up. I think the editor may have simplified my language a bit more than I would have liked this time, but the information still seems to be correct. http://www.omaha.com/index.php?u_page=1219...;u_sid=10244028 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lany Freelove Cassandra Posted January 29, 2008 Share Posted January 29, 2008 Both stories are very interesting. good luck with the syndication. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tzanth Posted January 29, 2008 Share Posted January 29, 2008 Very interesting column. Thanks for sharing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ormond Posted February 12, 2008 Author Share Posted February 12, 2008 Here is the third one: http://www.omaha.com/index.php?u_page=1219...;u_sid=10256156 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maltaran Posted February 12, 2008 Share Posted February 12, 2008 You know, I've never understood the trend for turning surnames into first names (even though my first name is one of those - Graham). BTW, I expect you've probably got a long list of ideas already, but I'd be interested in seeing a comparison of names between the US and the UK, or between the English-speaking countries in general. See whether the Commonwealth follows the mother country, or if the US cultural domination is more of an influence on naming choices, something like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ormond Posted February 12, 2008 Author Share Posted February 12, 2008 You know, I've never understood the trend for turning surnames into first names (even though my first name is one of those - Graham). BTW, I expect you've probably got a long list of ideas already, but I'd be interested in seeing a comparison of names between the US and the UK, or between the English-speaking countries in general. See whether the Commonwealth follows the mother country, or if the US cultural domination is more of an influence on naming choices, something like that. Don't know if I can get away with that topic as long as the column is only in Omaha and not syndicated. I'd have to spend some more time perusing the lists before coming to definite conclusions, but my initial take on that question is that there is a bit more influence from the USA to the UK than vice versa these days. However, there is still a lot in the other direction. I think part of this is because there seems to be a strong London-NewYork-Hollywood connection between people in the entertainment industry, so a lot of film and TV screenwriters, producers, and actors have connections across the Atlantic and then help to transfer name fashions from one side of the ocean to the other. It's been striking to me how often a character in an American TV series, presented as an American, turns up with a name which is actually more appropriate for an English person their age. One example if that the daughter of the US President in the West Wing TV series was named Zoe, a name much more likely to actually be that of an English girl her age than an American one. Jack, Oliver, Sebastian, Emma, Lucy, Georgia, Charlotte, and Imogen seem to be other names that are presently rising in use in the USA when they got popular in England first. On the other hand, we Americans seem to have successfully exported Ethan, Tyler, Harrison, Logan, Mason, Ashton, Emily, Amy, Jessica, Madison, Scarlett, Maya, and Lacey to the UK recently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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