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Is the author's name really Grady Hillhouse? Surely that's a stage name?
by pcmaffey 5y ago
Is the author's name really Grady Hillhouse? Surely that's a stage name?
- naikrovek 5y agoDon't make fun of people's names, man. People don't usually choose their own names. If you're going to make fun of someone, make fun of something they choose to do, instead of the things they don't choose. I'm confident it's his real name.
- pcmaffey 5y agoIs that making fun of his name? Or is it simply pointing out / wondering whether he a) chose a profession aligned with his given name, or b) chose a name aligned with his profession?
- handrous 5y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nominative_determinism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nominative_determinism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aptronym https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aptronym These things just happen.
- llefoll 5y agoYou've never heard of aptronyms?
- yjftsjthsd-h 5y agoLots of people have never heard of X for almost any value of X. Even if one had, it can be surprising to encounter an actual case of the thing in the wild.
- irrational 5y agoIt's like wondering about the English Professor named William Shakespeare. Would he have become an English Professor is named by any other name? https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/ShowRatings.jsp?tid=188354 https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/ShowRatings.jsp?tid=188354
- adamsb6 5y agoMost examples of nominative determinism don't cover both first and last names. This is like a geologist being named Rocky Fields. And if Mr. Hillhouse has even the smallest sense of humor about himself I'm sure he enjoys the coincidence as well.
- loudmax 5y agoGrady Hillhouse does seem like an ironic name for a civil engineer. As far as I can tell, that is indeed his real name. FWIW he uses this name on his LinkedIn profile as well: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gradyhillhouse https://www.linkedin.com/in/gradyhillhouse IMHO, Grady's YouTube channel is one of the best things on YouTube. He really is fantastic.
- moffkalast 5y agoMaybe that's why he became a civil engineer! https://i.redd.it/e1u01yu0y5n11.png https://i.redd.it/e1u01yu0y5n11.png
- gadders 5y agoWhen I saw the title, I thought that Grady Hillhouse was a house that was in the news in the US that might have had a retaining wall collapse recently.
- panzagl 5y agoThe Grady Hill House? Why do you want to know about that, no one ever goes up there since the...incident. Say, you're not from around here are ya? Well, I'd stay far away from there.
- at_a_remove 5y agoI wince. As someone with a funny name, I get that a lot. "Is that your stage name?" "Did you pick that out yourself?" It really sucks to hear that, as well as every other oh-so-original joke about my name.