Aptonyms+N–R

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

Nosce, Dr.
JS did not notice that his optometrist Dr. Luis V. Nosce had an aptonym until his friend BB pointed out that the Filipino name is pronounced somewhat like "No-see".

Nurse, Dr.
Dr. Nurse is a General Practitioner at the Woodlawn Medical Centre, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, (DC)

Nurse, Dr. Paul
TB has another great one: Paul Nurse was awarded the [|2001 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]

Ocean Hellman
DM writes "Not sure if this counts, but two of the actors/actresses in the [Canadian TV] series "Danger Bay" [about oceanography] were: Ocean Hellman, and Christopher Crabb.

 Opinsky, Howard
New contributor JM found a Reuters news piece about Howard Opinsky, a Republican "operative" who ran media relations for a U.S. Presidential candidate in 2000.

Painter, Helen
Helen Painter studied marine biology at university and is now a Nova Scotian[| artist] specializing in fishy subjects. (MT)

Payne & Fears
MP reports a law firm [|Payne&Fears] in LA.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Payne, Tom
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Tom Payne is a dentist in Johnstown, Ohio. (RS)

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Peanis, Offa
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">I know you keep telling your readers that you've printed enough examples of nominative determinism and wish to move on, but I heard this on the Today programme this morning (28 July) and I need to share it. The piece was from Israel where it seems that there is a group of extremely orthodox Jews taking the practice of circumcision to unusual lengths by circumcising cadavers prior to burial. There is an opposing Israeli group who suggest that this is taking the custom a little too far. I take my hat off to the presenter who was quite unabashed interviewing the spokesman of this group, whose name was Offa Peanis. (reprinted, with permission, from New Scientist Magazine, 15 August 1998.) ([|AB])

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Pisko, John
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">FT writes "I actually work with on of your aptonyms (George Bilios) and we both have dealings with a urologist aptly named Dr. John Pisko. It is interesting to see patients faces when you tell them who their specialist will be.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Plack, Dr. Les
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> GM reports that Dr. Les Plack is a dentist in the San Francisco Bay Are and is the official dentist for the San Francisco Giants.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Playfair, Jim
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> The winners of the 2001 Calder Cup finals of the American Hockey League are the St. John Flames, whose coach is Jim Playfair. (IF)

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> Plumb, Malcolm
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Contributor AM2 writes that his family's plumber in Enfield, Middlesex, England is one Malcolm Plumb.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Popwell, Dr. Lee
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">DC3 reports a chiropractor in Greenville, South Carolina, named Dr. Popwell.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Profitt, Janine
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Janine Profitt is a financial advisor with the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. (DC)

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Prose, Francine
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Francine Prose is a writer. Her most recent book is Guided Tours of Hell, a pair of novellas. (NY Times Magazine Book Revue, <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">November 29th, 1998) (AB)

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Victorian (Australia) State Emergency Service (SES) media spokesman is Lachlan Quick. Mr Quick's name is very appropraite as the SES is regularly required to respond to natural disasters with great haste. (GJO)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Quick, Lachlan **

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Quirk, Dr. K
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Halifax contributor JP writes, "A favourite in our house is one I found quite by accident in the local phone book: Dr. K. Quirk, Psychiatrist. Someone in our family is always '...needing to see Dr. Quirk!' "

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Raines, Dallas
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">AD reports that Dallas Raines is a popular TV weather reporter on ABC in LA.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> Rizk, Sabrina
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">CH reports that there is a Public Servant in the "Risk, Integrity, and Strategic Management: unit named Sabrina Rizk.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> Robb, Gary
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">TB from Australia, has a collection of aptonymic lawyers, the first of which is Gary Robb of Canberra, who is not far from Michael Lawless. In Sydney, there is a solicitor named Cashman and two others named Cheate and Steele. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> She goes on to say "There is also a lawyer called Martin Sides and another called Gavin Back—if they could get together with someone (anyone!) called Short, they could be Short, Back, & Sides. (They could give you the short, back, & sides treatment and then take you to the cleaners, I suppose). "

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Rush, Gary
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Longtime Oz contributor TB tells us of Rapid Strategic Planning by Gary Rush of [|MGR Consulting], Barrington, IL.