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daliz
1386 days ago
Ironically, his last name is "Ferrin". In italian, "Ferro" translates to "Iron".
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palcu
1386 days ago
Not ironic, just nominative determinism.
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acadapter
1386 days ago
But it's more fun to say irony when the topic is iron
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throw0101c
1386 days ago
*
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aptronym
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nominative_determinism
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xNeil
1386 days ago
Sure, but ironically sounds a whole lot better than nominative deterministically.
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thisisauserid
1386 days ago
Appropriately.
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