THE NAME GAME

1.What do the results of Mehrabian's research show us?

2 Who is Pamela Satran?

3 What does Angela Baron think of employers who give people jobs
on the basis of names?

4 According to Satran, what influences the way people name their
children?

Work in pairs and discuss the questions.

1. Who do you agree with more: Mehrabian or Satran?

2 How has your name affected you in life?

3 Why do you think certain names are associated with success?

4 The research for this article was done in the US. Do you think the
same is true of names in your country?

What do you think words/phrases 1-8 mean? Use a dictionary
to help you if necessary.

I frumpy (paragraph I)

2 get lumped with (paragraph I)

3 reach the top of the tree (paragraph 4)

4 cut and dried (paragraph 5)

5 call-backs (paragraph 6)

6 take a ... dim view of (paragraph 7)

7 celebrities are leading the field in the bizarre forename stakes
(paragraph 8)

8 outlandish (paragraph 9)

WORK IN PAIRS AND DISCUSS THE QUESTIONS

1. What are the origins of your first name?

2 How much do you know about your family
name?

3 Do you have any nicknames? How did you get
them?

4 Do people ever confuse your name or make
mistakes with it?

5 Why do you think some names become
fashionable/ unfashionable?