“Did you know that mispronouncing a student’s name negates the identity of the student? This can lead to anxiety and resentment which, in turn, can hinder academic progress.”

My Name, My Identity helps build positive school culture and promotes respect of students and families.

The Philippines is a nation of nicknames, using someone’s full name sounds ludicrously formal.

The Australian Broadcasting Commission’s South-East Asia correspondent Adam Harvey reports from Manila how he got into trouble for taking a photograph of the US Embassy. He is confronted by the security guard who demanded to see his ID, and was asked his height, weight, and nickname.

There are more regulations for naming Thoroughbreds than there are for naming human babies. Learn more about horse appropriate names here.

Earlier this month The Chronicle of Higher Education published an article relevant to political/cultural toponymics in “The Chronicle Review,” 6 May 2016, B6-11. It is by Paul Voosen, who titled it “The Oaxaca incident: A geographer’s efforts to map a Mexican village reveal the risks of military entanglement.” The article tells of researchers’ work to map Tiltepec, Oaxaca, including geographical names for the area that only locals know, as well as the difficulties and “entanglements” that the work ran into. If you subscribe, you can read the article at the link above.

“An indispensable Wikipedia list captures the prolific nicknames generated by GW to refer to the people around him.”

Few people have creatures named after them. Even fewer people have multiple creatures named after them. Atlas Obsura reports on all the creatures named naturalist for David Attenborough.

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