What’s in a name? You’ve probably heard that line before, but if not, it was made famous in Shakespeare’s play, Romeo and Juliet. Over time, the phrase, “what’s in a name?”, morphed into an everyday idiom. When used in its idiomatic form it tells us that the name, what word we use to identify, or label a thing, is arbitrary, that in fact, what matters is the quality behind the name.
Names, our names, the pronunciation of our names, having people know, respect and use our names plays a significant role in our lives. Why? For one, as Ralph Ellison, American novelist who wrote, Invisible Man, said, “it is through our names that we first places ourselves in the world…”
Where have you placed yourself? Where have you been placed by others? When in those places of ourselves, what did you learn?
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