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here is a growing trend in tabloid journalism to take “celebrities” names and abbreviate the first name and surname. So Jennifer Lopez becomes J-Lo; then we had Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie as Brangelina and of course that inflatable bed device Li-Lo formally Lindsay Lohan!
Now I wouldn’t go on mastermind on this topic and I do not claim to have got the historical ordering right and I am also sure there are many others, but you get the point.
Of course this has led on to the much overhyped “sensation” of SuBo for Susan Boyle. Simon Cowell of course naturally and appropriately becomes SiCo! Which he felt was so good he used for one of his production companies!
Some days flights of fantasy just take me and ideas leap out. Such as walking round Anne Hathaway’s cottage in Stratford Upon Avon in 1986. At their gift counter (to call it a shop would be too grand) they had a little Teddy Bear called a Shakespearian Bear. I then gave away one of my better ideas to the girl behind the counter – why isn’t he called William Shakesbear! Never been back to find out if it was used!
Anyway, I was relaxing and thinking about what the day had in store when it suddenly struck me, why has the celebrity treatment not been done to the politicians.
For example Harriet Harman would become Ha-Ha - extremely appropriate given the behaviour and antics of her party. David Milliband sums up a lot of feelings with DaM!
But the sweetest and surely the clearest message of all comes from our glorious Prime Minister with Go Brown!
04 Jun 2009 09:40:58