Well, I hope not! Today Ed Douglas, Tom Nagel (Mike) and I were interviewed on Cleveland radio station 98.5 WNCX, during the Mud, Mihalek and Mike in the Morning Show. What a great experience! Couldn't have asked for better people conducting the interview. They were fantastic. It was the first time I had ever done anything like that before, and my only thought upon leaving was, let's do this again!
There was a bit of a bump at the beginning, though, when Mud asked me how to pronounce my last name. I don't blame him at all. Not in this part of the country. In New England there are enough Robichauds and in the south there are enough Robicheauxs for people to be familiar with the pronunciation of the name, which, roughly, is row-bi-show. That said, I've decided that this is going to be my litmus test for fame. When 'Robichaud' rolls off the tongues of every man, woman, and child in the country, then I know I'll have arrived.
Yeah, sure. :)
Back to reality. I was wondering whether other people share my view that certain names just 'fit' with the profession of the named. Will Self, for instance, clearly tops the list of best-named contemporary fiction writers. (If you haven't read any of Self's work, get your hands on his first collection of stories, The Quantity Theory of Insanity.) So who are the most aptly-named horror writers, actors, or directors, living, dead or otherwise? Heavy-hitters like Stephen King and Vincent Price certainly have names that are impossible to disassociate from horror, but the names themselves don't seem to have that quality I have in mind. Hmmm.... Maybe Poe. There's something melancholic about his name, something gloomy. Yes, I think I'll vote for Poe as one of the most aptly-named persons in the horror biz.
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I don't know about aptly-named writers, directors, and actors, but how about Federal Judge Learned Hand? He seems to have a name that suits his occupation pretty well. Or how about poker champion Chris Moneymaker? Can you think of a better surname for a poker player?
Well, Poe sounds like woe- which is something he wrote about. Are you 100% English? Just curios.
Monica in Rochester, NY:)
You're right, Mahrad, Moneymaker takes the cake as far as aptly-named poker players are concerned!! And Monica, I love the observation that 'Poe' rhymes with 'woe', and woe is indeed something he seemed to have an intimate understanding of! Oh, and I promise, I'm 100% American. :) Thanks for the comments!
Keep up the good work.
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