Dennis the Dentist: on the unkillable wrongness of nominative determinism
by Cory Doctorow from on (#218GH)
In 2002, a peer-reviewed article in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology claimed that men named "Dennis" were more likely to become dentists; people named "George" or "Georgina" were apt to become geologists; and people with surnames like "Diamond" and "Ricci" were more likely to become bankers. (more")