What's in a Name?

作     者：Julie Dawn Fox 

出 版 物：《英语世界》 (The World of English)

年 卷 期：2017年第7期

页      面：127-128页

学科分类：0502[文学-外国语言文学] 050201[文学-英语语言文学] 05[文学] 

主　　题：What’s in a Name 

摘      要：What’s so funny?Cliff,Annette and Russell are typical British *** they seem funny to you?Probably not,but some people with these names are tired of people laughing at *** do they laugh?Name jokes A lot of English names sound the same as verbs or nouns;in fact some of them are exactly the *** makes it easy for people to make jokes like this:Question:What do you call a man with a seagull on his head?Answer:Cliff.