March 5, 2012 – Fun Facts About Names Day

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• nAdolphn Blaine Charles David Earl Frederick Gerald Hubert Irvin John Kennethn Lloyd Martin Nero Oliver Paul Quincy Randolph Sherman Thomas Uncasn Victor William Xerxes Yancy Zeus Wolfeschlegelsteinhausenberdorft,n Sr.,n had a name for every letter of the alphabet and—you will not ben surprised to hear—holds the record for the longest name officiallyn used by a person. He shortened his name to Mr. Wolfe Plus 585, Sr.

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• nTheren are several people who have the last name “Name.” So when one ofn them is asked, “Last name, please?” and he answers, “Name,”n I bet the asker says, “That’s right, your name, please.” And itn would go round and round like that for a while…how tiresome!

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  Can you discover the name of this Monopoly man?

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  nSomen characters have official names that you may not know. For example,n did you know that the prisoner and the police officer on then Monopoly gameboard have names? They are Jake the Jailbird andn Officer Edgar Mallory. Also, the dog playing piece has the namen Scotty.

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• nNamesn change a lot. For example, the name of the building we know as then White House used to be more boringly called the President’s Palace,n the President’s House, or the Executive Mansion…until Theodoren Roosevelt started referring to it as the White House. Also, the bandn we know and love as the Beatles used to be called the Quarrymen,n Johnny and the Moondogs, the Moonshiners, and Long John and then Silver Beatles.

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  nWen call some countries and towns their actual names, but for others wen use an English translation of the name. For example, Italy is Italian in the Italian language, and its capital city, Rome, is really Roma.n One of the most interesting Italian cities is Venice—but inn Venice, it’s called Venezia!n Okay, all of those names are pretty similar in both languages, butn consider Japan: in Japanese, the nation is called Nipponn or Nihon.n If you have ever seen Japanese stamps or money and wondered whatn “Nippon” means, now you know!

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nMake your name bug! First, write your name in cursive along a line (make it BIG). Second, fold the paper on that line and then use the light coming in through a window to trace your name onto the other side of the paper. You will end up with a mirror image of your name. Third, turn the paper vertically and then color your name / mirrored name so that it looks like an insect. I’ve created a name bug here for my name, Cathy.

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