tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8117439219993737916.post8588363178729061755..comments2023-06-11T04:55:09.337-07:00Comments on Alms for Oblivion: Which Would You Rather Have Named After You?Thomas Bankshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06855333805635398250noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8117439219993737916.post-58179372986645000342007-12-04T14:30:00.000-08:002007-12-04T14:30:00.000-08:00That's me, all right -- the heart of the arts. :-)...That's me, all right -- the heart of the arts. :-)Jeff Mosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08114418077449866628noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8117439219993737916.post-2879204730460472072007-12-03T17:08:00.000-08:002007-12-03T17:08:00.000-08:00In your case, I would as well. A little paint on t...In your case, I would as well. A little paint on the "Welcome to" signs on the edge of town and you've got "Mosscow"Thomas Bankshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06855333805635398250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8117439219993737916.post-46488979958527905012007-12-03T13:51:00.000-08:002007-12-03T13:51:00.000-08:00From the online "Copyeditor's Handbook":"This devi...From the online <A HREF="http://books.google.com/books?id=fnhkJ_CjTQIC&pg=PA155&lpg=PA155&dq=adjectives+based+on+personal+names&source=web&ots=7Y_df4VwK0&sig=TpV4QK99FZ8W7heZJgKkpHVqR5k" REL="nofollow">"Copyeditor's Handbook"</A>:<BR/><BR/>"This device [i.e. forming adjectives based on personal names] should be used with care. If the individual is not of sufficient stature to merit adjectivalization, some readers will take the usage to be satiric or parodic."<BR/><BR/>So on the whole, I'd go for the city.Jeff Mosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08114418077449866628noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8117439219993737916.post-43915297885114646412007-12-02T16:36:00.000-08:002007-12-02T16:36:00.000-08:00a city. Great way to start world dominationa city. Great way to start world dominationEvan Gunnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14444936166465498497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8117439219993737916.post-48135607062593781802007-12-02T14:57:00.000-08:002007-12-02T14:57:00.000-08:00And yet it is more difficult to bulldoze an adject...And yet it is more difficult to bulldoze an adjective.Thomas Bankshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06855333805635398250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8117439219993737916.post-75966762116403789162007-12-02T14:38:00.000-08:002007-12-02T14:38:00.000-08:00A city - no-one names cities derogatorily, but the...A city - no-one names cities derogatorily, but there are plenty of derogatory nominative adjectives. I'd hate for "Lincolnian" to mean behaving like a &*(^%(#.Lincoln Davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09711350850746990193noreply@blogger.com