@Eetschrijver van der Plas, Plasterk, één pot nat. #WhatsInAName

Y'a des Américains qui ont vu cet arbre et se sont dit : Tiens, et si on l'appelait ciguë ?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsuga
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"La Grande Aunée est parfois appelée aromate germanique, panacée de Chiron, lionne ou œil-de-cheval."
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grande_Aun%C3%A9e
#Whatsinaname

#TIL "Scaramuccia, which means 'little skirmisher', is a stock clown character from the 16th-century comical theatrical arts of Italian literature, also known as commedia dell’arte."
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Naming Your Characters
#WriterCommunity #WritingCommunity #AmWriting
#Characters #Character #WritingTips #Writing #Names #NamingYourCharacters #WhatsInAName #Tips

http://georgelthomas.com/2024/02/13/naming-your-characters/

Van #BBCfirst naar #BBCnl was waarschijnlijk toch wel heel erg op de adverteerders gericht..
😂😂

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"John Oliver Compares HBO Max/Max Branding Fiasco to Trump’s Renaming the Gulf of Mexico":
https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/john-oliver-mocks-hbo-max-rebranding-1236400982/
#television #media #politics #WhatsInAName?

Useless Facts, Badly Drawn #434: Alan Smithee.
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#movies #film #alansmithee #filmdirectors #hollywood #moviedirectors #pseudonym #whatsinaname #boxoffice #webcomic #comics #funfacts #facts #moviefacts #trivia #uselessfacts #uselessfactsbadlydrawn

Useless Facts, Badly Drawn #432: Hippocampus.
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#nomenclature #whatsinaname #hippocampus #brain #anatomy #taxonomy #seahorse #names #greekmythology #webcomic #comics #didyouknow #funfact #strangebuttrue #uselessfacts #uselessfactsbadlydrawn

Gros coup de cœur pour la classification des campagnols où, à l'heure actuelle, le seul avec terrestre dans son nom est... aquatique !
http://www.picardie-nature.org/etude-de-la-faune-sauvage/les-groupes-de-faune-etudies/les-15-reseaux-naturalistes-de/mammiferes-terrestres/enquetes/article/les-campagnols-du-genre-arvicola
#ClubContexte #WhatsInAName

Once upon a time I recall WHSmith were a 'respectable ' company selling stationary. Then it changed and sold all sorts of stuff and I stopped using it.
What does WH Smith’s new high street name TGJones actually mean? https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/mar/28/what-does-wh-smith-new-high-street-name-tgjones-actually-mean-modella?CMP=share_btn_url

#WhatsInAName

Useless Facts, Badly Drawn #416: Micropachycephalosaurus.
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#dinosaurs #science #biology #animals #nomenclature #whatsinaname #strangebuttrue #wtf #comics #webcomics #uselessfacts #uselessfactsbadlydrawn

👀 What’s the story behind your middle name? Passed down from Grandma? Inspired by a celebrity? Completely random? Drop your middle name in the comments and tell us the tea! #MiddleNameMystery #WhatsInAName #FamilyTies #FierceTrends #FierceMillennial

http://fiercemillennial.co/2025/03/08/the-middle-name-mystery-whats-hiding-in-yours/

Le casse-tête des félins dans les sources anciennes.
#whatsInAName #animhist #lesvraiesquestions
https://www.academia.edu/72478409/A_Conundrum_of_Cats_Pards_and_their_Relatives_in_Byzantium

@alda @streetartutopia
Like the "Brussels South" airport that is actually in Gosselies near Charleroi, ~50km from Brussels.
But yeah, it is south of Brussels.
#CloseEnough
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What’s in a name? For me, Doris is more than just a name—it’s a family mystery, a hilarious revelation, and a nod to Metallica. Dive into my story! 🌊⚖️🎸 #FamilyHistory #MetallicaMagic #WhatsInAName

https://voguegenics.com/the-doris-debacle-a-tale-of-names-nicknames-and-a-dash-of-metallica/

Dans son atlas céleste de 1627 Coelum Stellatum Christianum, l'astronome Julius Schiller propose de renommer les corps célestes avec des noms chrétiens.
Entre autres, le Soleil y est rebaptisé Jésus Christ, la Lune Marie et Saturne Adam.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coelum_Stellatum_Christianum
#astro #histsci #WhatsInAName