From: Jed Rothwell
Jones Beene wrote: Nice insight. You got that exactly right: vorticians (and creative, open-minded people in general) seem to be at the low end of the "authoritarianism" scale, as defined by... who else? one Professor Altemeyer. LOL. Why is this funny? . well, I went on (to try) to explain the "punage" . but it must have been a bit too arcane. To wit: "Curiously. for the name-phreaks amongst us, the German word meier, from which the surname Meyer derives, was a status name for a landowner or overseer." Thus, Professor "Altemeyer" would loosely translate as "high level overseer" or . ta da: "authoritarian" and this is reflected in his chosen work, or specialty - authoritarianism. There is a fascinating sub-genre of puns called "names that work" . made semi-famous by journalist Herb Caen. you know . a Jazzman named Strayhorn, or an evangelist named Sunday, or a baseball player named Homer.
