Re: (and further) Off topic: Nomen et omen (Was Any way to use XyWrite as an e-mail reader)

[George Scithers Owlswick@xxxxxxxx]

Or as Mark Twain put it, "Liars, damned liars, and statisticians."

George Scithers of owlswickpress@xxxxxxxx
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> Carl wrote, of names that betoken occupations, " Has this kind of study
> been done, I wonder?"
> I'm pretty sure at least one such study was done, and found more
> correlations than mere random factors could account for. But possible
> mechanisms were pretty speculative, so sceptics were free to dismiss it
> with Disraeli's gibe about "lies, damned lies, and statistics."
> Robert, thanks for the examples; there were several there I had never
> thought of. You might also have cited Wainwright, though only you might
> know what the difference is between a cart and a wain.
> Patricia
>