August 24, 1986 SO, WHAT'S INA NAME? By BOB TAYLOR Canadian Press You are sitting off in a corner punishing a bottle of Bordeaux when your hostess swims into view with a stranger in tow. It’s time for introductions. Will you like the newcomer? The answer, believe it or not, depends to a large extent on her name. If she is called Nicole, say, you find yourself warming to her. Why? Because Nicole is a fashionable name at present, with the image of someone French, spirited, clever and beautiful. If the stranger is called Martha, on the other hand, your impression of her is colored by the current stereo- type of that name: someone old, fat and hard-working. Most first names are accompanied by those kinds of stereotypes, according to Thomas V. Busse, an American professor and psychologist, who has spent 20 years re- searching the psychology of names. Having the “right” name makes a big difference in your life, studies show: in persona] popularity, at job interviews, on dates, applying for a bank loan, even in the way teachers award marks. Intriguingly, the owner of a name ofter patterns his personality on the stereotype associated with it. Thus Nicole, the “French” figure, pays more attention to her appearance and becomes more glamorous. Martha, the hard-working frump, conforms to her image by concentrating on being more proficient, dressing “sensibly” and letting her looks slide. Similarly, romances may founder or flourish on a name. Suppose you are a woman bookkeeper and the company where you work hires two men, Ross and lan. Your first impression of Ross, based on the current “BUSINESS DIRECTORY Beauty Salon MOROSO, MARKIN & BLAIN CERTIFIED GENERAL ACCOUNTANTS 241 Columbia Ave. THE HAIR ANNEX Chimneys Castlegar Ph. 365-7287 Brian L. Brown CERTIFIED GENERAL ACCOUNTANT 270 Columbia Ave. Castl stereotype of that name, is to regard him as an father figure. But with lan, you scent orange blossoms in the air. As a result, Ross perceives you as friendly but romantically uninterested, whereas Ian mentally pigeon- holes you as a possible girlfriend. There are fashions in names just as in clothes. They enjoy their moment in the sun, then fall from favor. Often they belong to someone temporarily in the public eye: a royal personage, Sarah Ferguson; a movie or TV star, Mery! Streep; an athlete, Wayne Gretzky. Names popular recently have included Cameron, Danielle, Nicholas, Birgit, Shawn, Heather, Joel, Vanessa, Dwayne and Monika. Among those out of favor were Archie, Penny, Tracey, Betty, Ralph, Brenda, Dennis, Peggy. George and Bonnie. ALWAYS IN STYLE Certain names are seemingly impervious to fashion and remain in style year after year: Michael, Michelle, David, Jill, Marie, Jacqueline, Anthony, Jennifer, Robert and Cheryl. Girls’ namés he unearthed included Easter Glory, Equal Rights Amendment, Lucy Never Seen Joe, Nausea and Oleomargarine. RUMFORD yb!) PLACE © Ceramic Tile © Masonry * Certitied Fire Satety Inspections 735 Columbia Ave. 141 Carpet Cleaning Ph. 365-2151 SOLIGO, KOIDE & JOHN CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS 615 Columbia Ave. CLEAN-SCENE © ROTARY-JET STEAM EXTRACTION (TRUCK POWERED) © UPHOLSTERY CLEANING © WATER & FIRE DAMAGE CLEAN-UP SPECIALISTS Bus. 368-6333 Res. 365-6018 © 1906 Universat Press Syndicate a, “Couldn't you hear that phone ringing?”’ aperies (Upsteirs) Cast ir Phone 365-7745 Henry John, B.Sc. C.A. 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