https://headtilt.me/tags/nonsense/ Recent content in Nonsense on Headtilt Hugo -- 0.160.1 en Rob Poulter Mon, 20 Apr 2026 06:44:52 +0800 https://headtilt.me/baby-names/ Mon, 20 Apr 2026 06:44:52 +0800 https://headtilt.me/baby-names/ <p>Years ago I remember listening to the audio book version of Freakonomics and the in particular the story about baby names (<a href="https://freakonomics.com/podcast/how-much-does-your-name-matter/">I think a standalone podcast episode can be found here</a>). Being a teacher this has sort of stuck with my over time, since every year I get another crop of student names, some with interesting new spellings of older names, some with identical pronunciations to familiar names that I have to double check, and some I have to embarras myself a few times to get right (even with help from students, because my brain is only sometimes connected to my mouth).</p>