I have a weird name. There’s no denying it. Paige Nick Alright so Paige isn’t SO strange on its own, but when you pair it with my surname, that’s when the confusion sets in. My mum tells a number of different stories of how I came to be called Paige, depending on what mood she’s…
Category: nominative determinism
The Oy-limpics
I watched this year’s Olympics with much fascination. I feel like I was more hooked on it this year than ever before. Perhaps it’s because I tend to take delight in the little curiosities of life, and the Olympics really do provide plenty of those in every arena. First off there were the crazily apt…
What a balls up!
As you may already know, I get a wide range of awesome letters lighting up my inbox every week, in response to the Sunday Times column. And they really came flooding in this week, in response to the nominative determinism column.One in particular made my day: So I thought I’d share parts of it with…
Are you living up to your name?
Ahhh monday, can you smell it? The sadness, the deadlines, the traffic? Well unfortunately I can’t make it go away entirely, but i can make it fade off into the distance for between 3 to 6 minutes, depending how slow a reader you are. This week’s column comes with visual aids. hope you enjoy. A…
The Gods must be crazy
Okay, the universe is flipping freaky.My column in today’s Sunday Times Column was all about nominative determinism. It’s a theory whereby people tend to live up to their names. Take me for example. My name is Paige Nick, I really had no real choice other than becoming a writer. I’ll post the column here tomorrow…