From an article on the BBC magazine website :
Psychologist Richard Wiseman, conducted research by asking more than 6,000 people about their perceptions of the most popular first names in the UK over the past decade, along with those in recent years. Some strong trends emerged. Read the rest of this entry »
After changing his name by deed poll ten years ago The Scary Guy shows us all a lesson to be learned.
His manager, Gary Lee said: “When The Scary Guy walks into the room people create their own judgements. Read the rest of this entry »
As well as your name given at birth, it is possible to have some fun and show what you are a fan of by changing your name by deed poll. Some people take their sport very seriously and wish to make everyone aware of the support for a player, team or organisation. Would you change your name to include Portsmouth Football Club?
How do you revive a rural grocery store that is having trouble competing with the supermarkets? How about creating a themed store complete with its very own rock and roll star. That’s what Nick Comino did when he changed his name by deed poll to Elvis Parsley.
And that’s not all the King of vegetables added :-
“Ever since the transformation of the business the joint’s been jumping. Take a jailhouse rockmelon, add some suspicious limes, love me tender tomatoes, blue swede shoes, and artichoke hotel, and you’re making music at Elvis Parsley’s. Nobody has given Nick the raspberry and the cash register’s been raisin hell.”
The quote is from “Good Enough Never Is” an inspirational book about rural business success, Written by Peter Kenyon.
See the original review here :-
http://terrifictrading.typepad.com/terrific_trading/2008/03/good-enough-nev.html
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