Aptonyms+S

Aptonyms S
Contributors' initials are included below, with their full names on the Contributors page.

Sade, Eric
GG regularly drives by the office of an endodontist, Dr. Eric **Sade**, and his wife's GP is Dr. Susan **Au**.

DC noticed a new espresso bar in his hometown, Dartmouth, NS, run by **Melita** Scott.
 * Scott, Melita **

See, Dr. Wong
"There was an opthalmologist in Canberra in the 1970s called Dr. **Wong See**," reports TB.

Seed, John
GJO tells us about John **Seed** from the Rainforest Information Centre in Lismore, New South Wales. ([|www.rainforestinfo.org.au]) A very apt name as seeds are what rainforests are all about!!! PS: John and I have met and become friends. :-)

Seed, Dr. Randolph
Dr. Randolph **Seed** was working in 1980 on a project on artificial insemination at the Reproduction and Fertility Clinic in Chicago. He was assisted by Dr. Richard Seed. (NY Times Magazine, July 20, 1980) (AB )

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Senior, Jeff
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">The uncle of <span class="wiki_link_ext">KS is a local policeman, Senior Constable **Senior**, in New South Wales, Australia.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Service, Shantel
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> <span class="wiki_link_ext">TM writes, "I work at a Mervyn's retail store in West Valley City, Utah. The store manager's name there is Shantel **Service**. We've had some laughs over it so I thought I would share."

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> Seymour, Hugh
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">I have experienced much disbelief throughout my education about my father's name and his occupation: his name is Hugh **Seymour,** and he is an optometrist. (reprinted, with permission, from //New Scientist Magazine//, 25 July 1998.) (<span class="wiki_link_ext">AB )

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Shears, Sonia
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Sonia **Shears** is a hair stylist at the Golden Clipper hair salon in Mic Mac Mall, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada, who actually cut MT's hair and gave him her business card.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Shortt, Ernie
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Thanks to <span class="wiki_link_ext">EM for spotting a van in Trenton, Ontario with Ernie **Shortt**'s Electrical Service on the side.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Shuttleworth
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">"I heard on the radio the other day that one of the NASA managers at Cape Canaveral is named **Shuttleworth**." (<span class="wiki_link_ext">IF )

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Sin, Cardinal Jaime
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"><span class="wiki_link_ext">TB reports from Australia: "You can't beat Cardinal **Sin** of the Philippines, even more delicious when you see that his name is Cardinal J'aime Sin (sorry—that's Jaime—slip of the pen )."

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Slaughter, Terry
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"><span class="wiki_link_ext">SC would like to submit one from the town where he works, in which there is a dentist/maxofacial surgeon named Terry **Slaughter**.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Smiley, Dr. Samuel
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Contributor <span class="wiki_link_ext">DG writes "I work for an IT Company and we have a customer who works in the Dental Industry. His name is Dr. [|Samuel Smiley]."

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Smirk, Justin
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Great name for Westpac Bank's senior economist is Justin **Smirk**. GJO explains, "I guess aptonym here is that one can imagine bankers smirking behind their customers' backs as they hope they don't realise that banks are in business for the benefit of their shareholders, NOT their retail customers."

**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> Sosnowski, Alex **
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> Although he probably does not pronounce it so-snow-ski, Adam Sosnowski is an Expert Senior meteorologist for <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">accuweather.com.

===<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">**<span class="messageBody" style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> Spark, Elly ** === <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">An Australian Bureau of Meteorology senior forecaster is <span class="wiki_link_ext">Elly **Spark**. GJO says, "Watch out for lightning!!"

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Spellings, Margaret
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"><span class="wiki_link_ext">JB writes: "I was watching The Daily Show this week and he interviewed US federal secretary of education, Margaret Spellings."

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Spiller, Dan
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">GJO heard about Dan **Spiller,** Director of Operations South East Queensland Water Grid Manager team, whilst listen to radio reports of the devastating floods in Queensland in January, 2011. Dan's previous role was the acting Executive Director of the Queensland Water Commission. He was the principal author of the //South East Queensland Water Strategy// and was directly responsible for policy and communications regarding the development and use of purified recycled water schemes in South East Queensland.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Spilman, Wayne
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Wayne **Spilman** is a lubrication engineer and coordinates papers for the Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers. (<span class="wiki_link_ext">DC )

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Sprinkle, Larry
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> Larry **Sprinkle** is the meteorologist for a Charlotte, North Carolina TV station. (<span class="wiki_link_ext">VEM )

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> Stiles, Sarah and David
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> Out in Victoria, B.C., Sarah and David **Stile**s are hairdressers (and also contributors). (<span class="wiki_link_ext">SS )

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Strike, Raymond
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Raymond **Strike** is the President of the National Health and Welfare Worker's Union, part of the Public Service Alliance of Canada.<span class="wiki_link_ext"> DC saw his picture and name on a poster in his place of work, a government laboratory.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Stockwell, Phil
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"><span class="wiki_link_ext">AP writes "I work in an independent school, Wellington College, in England. Our Catering Manager is called Phil **Stockwell**."

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Sudds, Family
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">The **Sudds** family in Glenburnie, Ontario, Canada, was making a living by washing and cutting dog hair. (<span class="wiki_link_ext">DI )