April 9 is National Name Yourself Day and a quirky new survey has revealed how the Irish feel about traditional Irish names, from baby names to nicknames. From Cillian Murphy to Saoirse Ronan, Liam ...
Readers have asked me why I have two chapters in the book “Writing Tools” devoted to names. Tool #14 (click on the link to listen to the podcast version) reminds reporters to “get the name of the dog.
The philosophy of language has long engaged with questions concerning the nature, use, and interpretation of proper names. Central to this field are debates between referentialist and predicativist ...