There’s a concurrent thread on the Death of the Adverb that I didn’t want to trash, so here’s a spinoff idea.
How many people’s names that you know (or can make up) are pure “parts of speech” names?
A few “made up” examples:
Billy Strong = adverb adjective
Don Knotts = verb noun-plural
Chevy Chase = proper-noun verb
Ann Orr = indefinite-article conjunction
John Oh = noun interjection
Is “Billy” an adverb?
Zeldar 02-25-2010 08:22 AM
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Mundane Pointless Stuff I Must Share (MPSIMS)
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Some actually make sentences:
Dick Smothers.
Just wait until September 19, when we have our annual “Jeremy Irons Day” thread.
There’s always Sandra Oh.
I was thinking that Ayn Rand is kind of how a little hillbilly kid would say “I ran” (Eye-un ranned!)
Bob Hope (verb and noun/verb)
Red Buttons (adjective/noun)