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"Mr. Wage" is a lovely example of an aptronym: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aptronym http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aptronym
by bshimmin 12y ago
"Mr. Wage" is a lovely example of an aptronym: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aptronym http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aptronym
- rry 12y agoNot to be a downer, but it's pronounced "wah-GEE", with a hard G. source: used to work a few desks down from Matt.
- nocman 12y agoWow, now there's a guy guaranteed to have his name mispronounced 99% of the time (well, at least by people who have never heard it spoken). [ edited for typo ]
- willmacaskill 12y agoI know; his brother actually just gave up and started introducing himself as "Wage" (pronounced as you'd think) rather than "WAG-ee"