I just discovered an aptronym in an old article by robwww.mirror.co.uk/usvsth3m/media-wrong-ukip-theyre-not-5258390
A ukipper called... Max Gammon.
(A ukipper called... Max Gammon.
Tribs 🦇 ↓ dn ʎɐʍ sᴉɥʇ ↓🦇,
Mon 7 Jan 2019, 19:30,
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I was reading an old Ray Bradbury short story the other day.He described a permanently angry man as having a "pork face".
Gammon obviously isn't a new observation.
(Gammon obviously isn't a new observation.
monkeon schmonkeon,
Mon 7 Jan 2019, 21:41,
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The October Country?If so, that was more a description (I think) of a gentleman with severe sunburn, not his tendency to go on Question Time and rant about the EU.
( Tribs 🦇 ↓ dn ʎɐʍ sᴉɥʇ ↓🦇,
Mon 7 Jan 2019, 21:59,
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*re-reads*Aye, think you're right - "a sweating, raw, sunblistered pork face". Shame!
( monkeon schmonkeon,
Mon 7 Jan 2019, 22:17,
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That's some pretty impressive adjective recall
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Cassius Kray floats like a butterfly, stings like a trout,
Mon 7 Jan 2019, 23:13,
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