Good idea writing the sinators a letter, that's got to be more effective than what I do, toss it into the circular file...
Glad you're feeling better and your foot is on the mend!
Know any little Hillarys? Probably not....
The Social Security Administration has a fascinating Web page where it publishes data on popular baby names from 1880 to the present, and blogger Matt Evans has conducted a fascinating analysis of one famous name:
According to data published by the Social Security Administration, the name Hillary is the most severely poisoned baby name in history. Hillary had been steadily climbing the baby name charts since the 1960s, when it first graced the Top 1000, becoming the 136th most common name for baby girls in 1992. But the name sharply reversed course in 1993, smashing several longstanding records for name contamination in its plunge from the Top 1000 girl names last year.
The title for the most rapid case of name contamination had been held by Ebenezer and then Adolph, names that were shunned by parents after they became associated with Dickens's miserly banker and the Nazi dictator Hitler. But while Ebenezer and Adolph each took over 30 years to fall from the Top 1000 after they were negatively associated with their prominent name sakes, Hillary dropped off the charts in just 10 years, upsetting the prior records in less than 30% of the time. Besides this achievement, Hillary also set records for largest drop in a single year (295 places in 1994), two years (420 places in 1993-1994) and ten years (>864 from 1993 to 2002). These titles taken together represent the grand slam of name poisoning.
Evans adds: "The largest one-year drop of another tarnished name from the same period, Monica, was 53 places in 1999; the two-year drop was 73 (1998-1999). Monica's dip was short-lived as well, ending with an uptick in popularity in 2002." BestoftheWeb
*snicker!*
Great Story. Thanks for posting it.
Ha! The poisoning of a name. I'd never heard such a term.
Sen. Hillary Clinton , D-NY, delivers a speech to teamsters on the 100-year anniversary of the creation of the International Brotherhood of the Teamsters during a ceremony in Washington Saturday, Sept. 6, 2003.
Sen. Clinton to Block Bush EPA Nominee
NEW YORK - Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton said Saturday she planned to block President Bush's nominee to head the Environmental Protection Agency over an internal report saying the EPA misled New Yorkers about health risks after the World Trade Center attack.
What a bunch of crap! She's asking our president to give her a public acknowledgmeny of how important and smart she is. Smartest woman in america. @itch!
Good stuff with Name Drop story - sheesh.
People that are too stupid to pick out their own names...
Cheers guys - back home and loving it.