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a man by the name ofчеловек по имени (Moving back over to the United States, on September 4, 1965 a man by the name of A.F. Salsbury Renton was out hunting at the Green River Gorge, in Washington, when he was confronted by an alien spaceship, and he would say of his bizarre experience: "Then a voice came from out of the craft which sounded like it came from a loud speaker and said in a distinct, but loudly amplified tone, ‘Don’t be afraid little Earthman, we are not going to hurt you – put down that gun and we will come out and see you.’ " mysteriousuniverse.org ART Vancouver)
I'm rubber and you're glue! Bad names bounce off me and stick to you!кто как обзывается, тот так и называется! (букв.: Whatever name you call someone is what you yourself are called. What's in a Name? // MN, 19 June 2009 by Michele A. Berdy Leonid Dzhepko)
no one here by that nameздесь таких нет (ART Vancouver)
the name stuckназвание прижилось (In 1910 when the Vancouver real-estate firm of Ross and Shaw tried to sell their new subdivision on the mountain they printed ads in the Vancouver Daily Province which announced: "Adjoining this desirable property is the beautiful Quinte Lake, where it is proposed to erect a tourist hotel." Apparently local residents thought the name was hilarious and much too grandiose a description for a beaver pond. Instead, Lochdale residents joked that "...you had to squint to see it" and the name Squint Lake stuck. Residents enjoyed swimming in the pond and in the winter people came from miles around to skate. (Waterways of Burnaby) ART Vancouver)