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Martha Barnett: 我分享了祖母Edna巧妙地将名字反过来念成Andy的故事，并解释了anadrome的含义，它指的是反过来拼写后能组成另一个词的词。我还分享了听众提供的更多名字反写例子，并讨论了标点符号可能带来的问题。最后，我提到了电影《埃诺拉·福尔摩斯》中主人公名字的巧合。 Grant Barrett: 我认同anadrome的定义，并补充了一些例子。我还解释了科技界人士故意使用mouses来激怒他人的现象，以及科技界人士喜欢用语言开玩笑，创造一些不必要的复杂词语和复数形式的习惯。 John Chinesky: 我解释了nominative determinism的含义，并提出一个关于名人职业与名字关系的谜题，并依次提出了关于卓别林、詹姆斯·迪恩、伊丽莎白·泰勒、吉米·卡特和薇诺娜·瑞德的谜题。

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The episode starts with a discussion on anadromes, words that create a new word when spelled backward (like "Edna" becoming "Ande"). It then delves into nominative determinism, where people's names seem to predict their careers. Listeners share examples of both.
  • Anadromes are words that form a different word when spelled backward.
  • Nominative determinism is the hypothesis that people tend to gravitate towards careers that fit their names.
  • Many listeners share examples of names that are anadromes or fit their careers.

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An anadrome is a word that forms a whole new word when you spell it backwards. For example, the word "stressed" spelled backwards is "desserts." Some people's first names are actually anadromes. There's the girl named Noel in honor of her father Leon, and the woman named Edna who adopted the name Ande. Speaking of names, know anybody whose occupation fits their name? Maybe a college administrator named Dean, or a breadmaker named Baker? Well, there's a name for that, too. It's called nominative determinism. Plus, a conversation about how hard it can be to gracefully end . . . a conversation. Also: a puzzle about famous names, Wellerisms, kaffedags and fika, a kissing game, moco, greissel, twacking and the plural of computer mouse. (Computer mice? Computer mouses? Computer meece?)

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