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Is there anything that doesn't have a name?
ITIWBS Posted Jul 8, 2018
Without any doubt, though without a name to call it by, one can but describe it.
Is there anything that doesn't have a name?
Rev Nick - dead man walking (mostly) Posted Jul 8, 2018
In the 70s, there was a horse . . . .
Is there anything that doesn't have a name?
paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant Posted Jul 8, 2018
In the Old Testament, Yahweh stood in for God's name.
There are many undiscovered lifeforms, diseases, etc., that can't be named because we haven't discovered their existence yet.
There are scientific discoveries that have yet to be made. Once we discover them, someone will give them names, but until that time they are nameless.
Is there anything that doesn't have a name?
ITIWBS Posted Jul 8, 2018
Besides the descriptive tools of quantitative and qualitative analysis, there are also tools poetic, like simile and musical, like synesthesia.
Is there anything that doesn't have a name?
Icy North Posted Jul 8, 2018
Hampshire has (had) ‘The pub with no name’. Remotely situated in the countryside, the “White Horse” sign blew down in a storm, and they never bothered putting it back up. It acquired an almost legendary reputation, as it was exceptionally difficult to find, and equally rewarding to stumble upon. Edward Thomas wrote a poem about it:
http://ww1lit.nsms.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/items/show/3808
Is there anything that doesn't have a name?
Florida Sailor All is well with the world Posted Jul 8, 2018
There is clip from a mediocre film
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbZC5xuZHdk
Is there anything that doesn't have a name?
You can call me TC Posted Jul 9, 2018
Surely this question was the basis for "The Meaning of Liff"
Is there anything that doesn't have a name?
You can call me TC Posted Jul 9, 2018
Surely this question was the basis for "The Meaning of Liff"?
Is there anything that doesn't have a name?
Baron Grim Posted Jul 9, 2018
On the classic American variety show, Laugh-In!, Lilly Tomlin's iconic character, Edith Anne, once asked, "Why is there no word for the top of your foot?"
Is there anything that doesn't have a name?
Malabarista - now with added pony Posted Jul 9, 2018
Ah, but in which *language* doesn't it have a name? There are plenty of things for whom English is sadly lacking that are perfectly easy to describe in other languages.
Is there anything that doesn't have a name?
paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant Posted Jul 9, 2018
Is there anything that doesn't have a name?
paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant Posted Jan 29, 2019
There are various saloons and restaurants that are called "No Name."
In the song "Metaphor" ["The Fantasticks"], Matt says, "She's too vibrant for a name. What shall I call her?"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucxi2RbVqYA
Is there anything that doesn't have a name?
ITIWBS Posted Jan 30, 2019
The first rock in the gravel macadam of my driveway that I step on as I step off the porch hasn't got a name (yet) and can only be described.
Is there anything that doesn't have a name?
Baron Grim Posted Jan 30, 2019
Well, there was "Ishi" (translates as simply 'man'), the last of the Yahi tribe of the California territory whose tribe was wiped out by gold rush settlers. The Yahi tradition was such that no one would not mention their own name to strangers until one was properly introduced by a tribe member. With none of his tribe left when he came out of the woods around age 50, he was known as the Man With No Name.
Is there anything that doesn't have a name?
paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant Posted Jan 30, 2019
Did he speak any languages besides Yahi? If not, then he wouldn't have anyone to tell his name to anyway.
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