[JacobDotVI]

What is old is new again. The Chicago Tribune writing in 1992 about restaurants naming themselves to get a better listing in the phonebook:

"`A ALPHABETICAL ADVANTAGE` HELPS BUSINESSES" https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1992-11-08-920411...

[gumby]

There were stories of people changing their name in Australia (Aaron Aaronson) to get elected on a donkey vote, so the order of names was randomized.

I don't know if these stories are true.

[madcaptenor]

My kids have a hyphenated last name; my wife's last name starts with A, mine starts with L, and the kids' last name is A-L to give them "alphabetical privilege". Also, she carried the kids.

[kalupa]

AAA Advantage Insurance!

[Angostura]

I certainly remember some .......111AAAAPlumbers in the London Yellow Pages as a lad.