Aptonyms

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An aptonym is the term used for “people whose names and occupations or situations (e.g., workplace) have a close correspondence.”

Like dentist Michelle Moller of Halifax,  Cardinal Sin of the Phillipines, and ornithologist David Bird of McGill.  I really like the van der Leek roofing company

Here the link:

homepage.mac.com/chapmandave/apt … ndex2.html

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Excellent!

Any local examples? Funny doctor’s names?

New Contributor MK writes “A few years ago, I saw an advertisement for a local urologist who specialized in vasectomy reversals. His name is Dr. Alden Cockburn. I had to look this up in the phone book to make sure it was correct.”

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I once visited a dentist named Dr. Hacker.  And I think there was once a OB/GYN in Rupert named
Dr. D. Vine (or could have been Dr. De Vine, not sure.

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Many years ago before Da Kine, there was a teahouse on 4th Ave in Kitsalino called Harry Krishna’s where you could go stock up on whatever psychedelic of choice you desired.
I remember waiting for a bus out front and noticing a Medical Center next door that listed a Dr. Payne, a Dr. Butcher and a Dr. Cutter…