{"id":29319,"date":"2014-01-20T09:00:37","date_gmt":"2014-01-20T14:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.uncommongoods.pro\/?p=29319"},"modified":"2014-01-13T11:06:08","modified_gmt":"2014-01-13T16:06:08","slug":"uncommon-knowledge-powerful-name","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/2014\/uncommon-knowledge-powerful-name\/","title":{"rendered":"Uncommon Knowledge: How powerful is a name?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Personalized<\/a>Sticks and stones may break your bones, but an embarrassing nickname can haunt you for centuries. King Alfonso IX of Leon, for example, is still recorded in the history books as \u201cThe Slobberer\u201d because of his tendency to foam at the mouth when angry. Sometimes, however, the nicknames stick so well that we don\u2019t even realize they are nicknames. Ernesto \u201cChe\u201d Guevara was given his nickname because he used the word \u201cche\u201d so often\u2014it\u2019s the Argentine equivalent of saying \u201cdude\u201d or \u201cbro.\u201d The ancient Greek philosopher Plato was actually named Aristocles. The name Plato was supposedly given to him by his wrestling coach, and means \u201cbroad\u201d\u2014perhaps the ancient Greek version of \u201ctubby.\u201d But when a nickname sticks, sometimes the best defense is to run with it. When James Hickock couldn\u2019t shake the nickname \u201cDuck Bill\u201d\u2014a reference to his large nose and protruding upper lip\u2014he instead altered it just a bit, and became known as Wild Bill Hickok, one of the most famous gunslingers of the American West.<\/p>\n

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