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When Your Name Is An Adjective That Looks Like An Adverb
Today’s beholder of a funny name is testerosterone-filled trabadour Manly Wade Wellman. Technically, a troubadour is a composer or poet, while Wellman was an author of sci-fi and fantasy, but writing is writing, no? Before we dig into the person that … Continue reading
Posted in Funny Names in Literature, humor
Tagged Authors, fiction, funny, Pulps, science fiction
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Dashiell Hammett: A Hard-boiled Tale
The flask was halfway to my mouth, one for the road. Then a hesitant rap on the glass told me I wouldn’t be leaving early. I guessed it was some high class dame with long fingers. I took a swig … Continue reading
Posted in Funny Names in Literature, humor
Tagged fiction, humor, humour, mystery, writers
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Funny Names Thursday : A Special Investigative Report
And now for something completely different. Here is a special report filed by our European Field Agent Portnoy Macademia. Enjoy. In a nondescript office building in central Lausanne, Switzerland, there is a global registry of unusual names. A man named Herland … Continue reading
Charles Dickens and the Funniest Names in Fiction
Charles John Huffman Dickens (1812-1870), as any literate speaker of the Queen’s English knows, was one of the greatest writers in the history of Western Civilization. No, his name was not funny, and not even eponymous. The origin of the … Continue reading
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Tagged Charles Dickens, fiction, funny names, literature, Scrooge, Tiny Tim
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