If you enjoy word play, how about name play?

If you enjoy word play, how about name play?

It’s the lighter side of Anthroponymy, the study of names: Short names, Long names, Last-names-first, First-names-last, Rhyming, Repeating, Romantic, Intoxicating, Fashionable, Sporty, Mildly Offensive, downright Sick, and many more.

The Game of the Name puts hundreds of famous people in their places, and invites you to play along. In 44 chapter/lists, the juxtaposition of names from far-flung corners of our culture creates poetry, filled with double-meanings and sound-alike puns. The spectacular variety of what people are named is unleashed for your consideration and amusement. 

Note: The Game of the Name is too funny to be read in one sitting. Instead, keep it handy for an occasional one-chapter chuckle. And for more than one laugh, read it out loud.

What we imagine readers are saying….

Good.

- Emily Blunt

Disarming.

- Rollie Fingers

I laughed ’til it hurt.

- Thomas Paine

What will Bruce Moose cook up next?

- Susan Boyle

Knocked my socks off.

- Shoeless Joe Jackson

Definitely worth pursuing.

- David Souter

It grew on me.

- Kate Moss

I couldn’t put it down!

- Eric Holder

A delightful stroll down Funny Bone Lane.

- Christopher Walken

I’m tickled.

- Pink

More, more.

- Phillip Phillips