Muddled Times
Issue:Issue 23, August 2003
Section:Questionnaires
Author:Cat

What's In A Name Questionnaire

Read the What's In A Name article before completing this questionnaire.

1. Do you keep the same name, or have a long series of disposable ones?
2. Has this changed over time?
3. Do you think particular names of yours have been lucky/unlucky?
4. What has been your favourite name?
5. Is this the name you are usually known as? (And what is that by the way?)
6. From what sources do you discover new names?
7. Do you find it difficult to find a new name?
8. Do you get other people to suggest them for you?
9. Do you go for aesthetic appeal or utilitarian functionality in a name?
10. What names do you admire in other people?
11. What sort of names make you suspicious?
12. Have you ever stolen a name/ had one stolen from you, and how did you feel about it?
13. What names do you particularly dislike?
14. Have you ever had a prefix?
15. If you chose it, why? And what did you do to obtain it?
16. What sort of names do you think Witches and Wizards should have?
17. Should players be forbidden from using names which are too obviously mystique breaking? (Such as Lego for instance).
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