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Dr. Cleveland Evans writes about names for the Omaha World-Herald. This week’s column offers additional information about the most popular baby names of 2014.
Jackson, Sophia still top baby names list
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New Domain Names Coming Soon
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) is planning to increase the current selection of domain names beyond the generic top-level domains like .com, .net, and .org. In anticipation, many companies have already begun to apply for their own brand name domains. The costs of placing an official application and paying for the accompanying legal and consulting fees for one of the trendy domain names can reach upwards of 1 million US dollars.
NamesCon, Las Vegas, January 10-13 2016
NamesCon, one of the world’s largest international conferences devoted exclusively to domain names will be holding its next conference in Las Vegas, Nevada from the 10th to the 13th of January 2016. According to the founder and CEO, this year’s event promises to be the largest ever gathering of domainers. Click here for more information.
Asian Association of Lexicography Conference, Hong Kong, June 25-27 2015
The Asian Association of Lexicography (ASIALEX) will be holding its 9th annual international conference in Hong Kong, from the 25th to the 27th of June, 2015. The theme of the conference is “Words, Dictionaries and Corpora: Innovation in reference science.” Click here for more information.
Canadian Society for the Study of Names (CSSN) Annual Meeting, Ottawa, May 30-31 2015
The Canadian Society for the Study of Names (CSSN) will be holding its 49th Annual Meeting from the 30th to the 31st of May 2015 at the University of Ottawa.
5th Symposium on Names in the Economy, Verona, Italy, June 24-27 2015
The University of Verona will be holding the 5th Symposium on Names in the Economy in Verona, Italy, from the 24th to the 27th of June 2015. The conference focus is on corpus linguistics, marketing, and company brand naming.
New Honor Place Name in Australia
Australia’s Place Naming Committee has just announced that a suburb in Canberra will be named after Former Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser, who died in March 2015, after serving nearly 20 years. Australia has a long tradition of honoring deceased political leaders with toponyms. Another recent onomastic honoree includes Gough Whitlam, Australia’s 21st Prime Minister.
Submit a name to the Geographical Names Board (GNB), Australia
The Geographical Names Board (GNB) is calling for public comments on the naming of an Australian location near Washington Avenue in Riverwood Washington Park. Click here to submit a name, see the GNB website. The deadline for submissions is Friday, the 29th of May 2015.
International Workshop: “(re)naming places, (re)shaping identities”, Naples, October 28-29 2015
Call for Papers for the International Workshop, “(re)naming places, (re)shaping identities”. The workshop is sponsored by the University of Naples ‘L’Orientale’, Department of Literary, Linguistic and Comparative Studies. It will take place from the 28th to the 29th of October 2015.
The deadline for 300 word abstracts and biographical sketches is the 30th of June 2015. For more information, contact: lcaiazzo[@]unior.it
Sky Country Names in the New York Times
Read about sky country names in this New York Times piece In Flight about a pilot’s-eye view of life in the sky.