A Random Poll for a Thursday Morning

[gnomi]

[Poll #1138406]

Comments

[thespisgeoff.livejournal.com]

See, I don't think of "name check" and "name drop" as being the same thing - a "name check" doesn't have the self-aggrandizing feel of a "name drop." "I was working out with Bob Harper yesterday, and he said the most amazing thing.." is a name drop. "My neighbor Bob had the funniest story to tell yesterday" is a name check. A shout out is specifically mentioning someone on radio to boost their ego/wish them a happy/merry/joyous whatever: "I just wanna give a shout out to all my girls on the East Side for their great basketball game yesterday - go Tigers!" A "shout out" is almost always labeled as such, whereas a "name drop" and "name check" is generally parenthetical.

[byrne.livejournal.com]

But... then how the heck is a name check anything other than normal conversation? In your example I would never retell a story without giving credit, you know?

maybe it's my fever, but the whole thing makes no sense to me.

[thespisgeoff.livejournal.com]

"Name checks" and "shout-outs" also have to be broadcast - a "name drop" can be in private conversation.

[byrne.livejournal.com]

But your example was a private conversation?

[thespisgeoff.livejournal.com]

It wasn't, really - it was, in my head, in the context of your basic top-40 station morning show.

Sorry that wasn't clear.

[byrne.livejournal.com]

Oh! I haven't listened to commercial radio in 20 years or more, so that went right over me. (is Bob Harper a 'name'? *is Canadian and out of the loop, too* )

I still find myself thinking there are far too many names for the way people talk. Or maybe that's the fever. ;-D *goes to bed, yo*

[thespisgeoff.livejournal.com]

Bob Harper is the trainer on Biggest Loser.

I have a crush on him.
He's lean and hairy and yogic.