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I find it wonderfully clichee that the guy who's job was linking vendors and customers was called Mr. Link.

• dmayle 2y ago
  It's called nominative determinism: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nominative_determinism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nominative_determinism
  • mmh0000 2y ago
    This is the fun but useless information I visit HN for! I can't wait (seriously, not sarcasm) to tell my wife about this.
  • memco 2y ago
    I’ve also seen “Aptronym” used for this: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aptronym https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aptronym
• ziptron 2y ago
  https://experts.mcmaster.ca/display/ironsga https://experts.mcmaster.ca/display/ironsga <-- A professor of steel making named Dr. Irons
  • jannyfer 2y ago
    Dr. Doctor https://www.nygh.on.ca/areas-care/maternal-newborn-and-paediatric-care/pregnancy-and-birth/giving-birth/meet-the-team/ https://www.nygh.on.ca/areas-care/maternal-newborn-and-paedi...
• samoots1 2y ago
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