by Minter Dial | Feb 27, 2013 | Branding
I have a few Polish friends whose names stand out as exceptional point scores for Scrabble. At least, that is, if you can find a way to throw in a few extra zzz’s into your word. My own name (N Minter Dial) is rather uninteresting from a Scrabble perspective in...
by Minter Dial | Oct 9, 2008 | Branding
Is this your name? Here’s a fun one: what’s in a name? Try this site “Is this your name” to find out some trivia about your name: how envoweled is your name the ascii binary code equivalent the Pig Latin version how many other people might have...
by Minter Dial | Mar 27, 2008 | Branding, Marketing
What’s in a name? After 1 1/2 years of existence, my blog continues to be an activity of no uncertain pleasure for me. I had for some time thought that the fact that its name, eponymous Minter Dial’s Blog, was not exactly a marketing angle, or meaningful...
by Minter Dial | Mar 31, 2007 | Politics
Have you ever read John Train’s “Most Remarkable Book of [Real People’s] Names”? Most recommendable. You will find that a married couple was called Doctor and Doctor Doctor. Then to list but a few of the enormously weird names out there: Gaston...