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People have different reasons for the names they give their child; they may be trying to spare their child from mockery from outdated names or attempting to connect their being to a meaningful symbol, place, how they feel at the moment or the future they want for the child. Parents Beware! Baby Names Have A Lasting Effect On Our Behavior Throughout Our Lives.

According to studies compiled for the latest edition of PBS Digital Studios' BrainCraft series, the act of writing our names over and over again throughout our lives can result in something called implicit egotism – a kind of obsession with the letters and sounds involved in our own names .

'The more we are merely exposed to something, like those letters, the more we like them,' explains BrainCraft host Vanessa Hill in the video. This means that we may be more attracted to places, careers and even people that have a link to the letters used in our names.

The name-letter effect can also influence how people name their businesses, and even their babies.

For example, St Louis was found to have an unusually high amount of people named Louis, Philadelphia had more Philips and Virginia Beach had more Virginias.

Part of this is due to the attraction people may have to place names similar to their own names, but researchers also argue that the high number of people with name-locale connections could be related to people in the areas giving their children names close to home because they 'may simply be more accessible'

This effect can be seen when parents want to name their kids. For example, Will and Jada Pinkett Smith and their children Jaden, Willow and Willard. J and W aren’t the only alphabet that can start a name but they used them.

Researchers also found correlations between people's names, their hometowns, their careers etc. Many people end up entering careers that may remind them of their names or find themselves in situations that reflect their names.


Does the names of runner Usain Bolt and race car driver Scott Speed ring a bell?! Or our president Goodluck, if you know his journey to presidency.

The results even shocked the researchers themselves, who wrote in the summary: 'These findings raise serious questions about whether people are fully in control of their own behavior.'

- Source: http://www.breakingnews234.com/2015/04/shocking-how-your-name-influences-your.html

I can't help but steal the dp.

Lmao! They tried sha.

Watch video here: http://www.breakingnews234.com/2015/03/friday-comedy-skit-jonathan-died-for.html?m=1

Bad news everywhere in lagos today, from Oshodi riot to Lekki filling station fire and now, a trailer falling on keke. What is it with Trailers and Keke Marwa recently. I have always been scared of being in a vehicle close to a trailer and all these recent events are fueling my fear.

source: http://www.breakingnews234.com/2015/03/trailer-crush-another-keke-marwa-in.html

thepatroit:
Shut Da F.uck Up. Go and spread your hateful message somewhere else.

@topic, I pity the owner. Make this election do reach. Too much bad info circulating. May God help us all

Na so.

oilyngbati:
[size=14pt]Islamic Yalobo! Islamic Yoloba!! Islamic Yolaba!!!


Terrorists in yalobo land! Terrorists in Yolaba land!! Terrorists in Yolabe land!!!

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Nwoke m! na wetin nah

just got this. the guy in the pics dey form James Bond

dajoaneke:
APC or PDP. Blame stage for ignoramuses!

Normally, they will blame GEJ

Na wa o!!!!! Lekki again?

At Opebi road

chemali:
This is Jonathan's plan all along. Cause violence in the South West. There was no violence prior to the February 14 polls. GEJ unleashed the beast on Lagos by his frequent visits and payments. He is wicked and callous and his end is very near.

Shut up! The same Jonathan you blame knew this was going to happen and planned to deploy the military but your innocent APC used a court order to prevent him. Now you're blaming the violence on Jona.

I won't forget sleeping in the bush as a youth corper because Buhari ordered his supporters to be violent after losing the elections in 2011.

If I vote Buhari make I die
If you vote Buhari, you're same as Boko haram because you support evil

myhoodlink:
We need more of this. God bless Nigeria

Thank you for that comment.

Young03:
And, can i know their mission?

To prevent APC from rigging the elections in Lagos

Lemme chill here for a while

Apart from all these mud slings from both sides, I think GEJ will win. I've watched Buhari's interviews and the man isn't that sound to make positive policies.

Proud father Ali Sufi, 25, was tucking his 2-month-old daughter Ariana Sufi into bed for an afternoon nap when he told her he loved her and was stunned when she said it back. When he told his partner about it, she thought he was just joking.
Ali, from Kilburn, north-west London, said: 'She was in her cot bed and I said to her once "I love you" and she said it back. See video after the cut...
'I thought I was going crazy, and that I must have been imagining it or I couldn’t hear it properly.
'I told my partner and she said "you’re lying, you’re lying" but I showed her again and now she keeps trying to say it all the time.
'She isn’t very good at saying the "I" but you can always clearly hear the "love you".
'We are really proud - babies just don’t speak this quick.'

- See video at: http://www.breakingnews234.com/2015/03/bizarrewednesdayvideo-2-month-old-that.html

Game On!!!

Gabrielwilliams:
This is really deep. Got me al teary eyed

Gay Alert!!!

EgusiSoup:
Who is Joystick?

Lol.. Nairaland and their censorship

Lmaooooooo!!!!!! Very creative

cescky:
my dog does this with oranges....trust me they probably enjoy it

If your dog does that for orange I wonder what he will do for Lime

SouthAfricans will 2moro say Nigeria bad

Ochi atugbuo la Mu o!!!!!!

See as that one dey drag am like ordinary rope

wawaboy1:
this is one the reasons i dont want to vote for gej. somebody u ve evidence that he is a criminal instead of taking him to court ur celebrating him. Are u not the president. Which technology again re u waiting for. Also imagine gej allowing them to use Bode a convicted criminal to speak against Tinubu in that home video.

My problem with GEJ too. Too lenient

demsid:
why now . that's too much. make dem talk last price now

You no serious

I like going to this site on Wednesdays. You'll always find something weird on their BizarreWednesday news:

The baby named Silas Phillips was born three months premature through Caesarean section. The doctors that performed the surgery were shocked to see he was still in amniotic sac. Pictures show the baby curled up inside the the sac with the placenta and umbilical cord, his tiny hands and a leg clearly visible from the semi transparent sac. See picture & video after the cut (it might be disgusting to some viewers)..

The amniotic sac is a bag with clear liquid , thin but though transparent membrane which holds a developing embryo until shortly before birth then it ruptures leading to what we call "a woman's water breaking".
"Even though it sounds cliched, we caught our breath. It really felt like a moment of awe... and one that will stick in my moment for some time." said Dr William Binder the surgeon.

Watch delivery video: http://www.breakingnews234.com/2015/02/bizarrewednesday-medical-miracle-baby.html?m=1

shawnfamous:
Are they going to separate them and cut some flesh away? Because what m seing here is 4 in 1 ooo! I dnt knw y they just have 2 heads! Bt did thr mum really carry this load? OMG the Lord is Good

The operation has been done nah. Oyibo too much

BeeBeeOoh:
Just waiting on to the day that there won't be anythinh like terrorism in Nigeria. It shall come to pass, it's just a matter of time..

Probably, when Islam gets banned and this isn't going to happen

Candyrain:
Potiskum is a Noun.

Next she'll ask what A noun is

When we first shared the above picture, everybody was screaming about the risks associated with such action, now this video will pull you off your chair. Watch as Lagosians hustle to get on a moving train everyday.

In the video, one of the passengers while running fell down in front of the moving train and was nearly crushed, Ye!!!!. I still refuse to understand why people risk their lives just to get on an already over-crowded train.

The video was recorded on the Ikeja Along bus-stop in Ikeja, Lagos State, the same spot as the above picture was taken some weeks back.

Watch video here: http://www.breakingnews234.com/2015/02/video-train-rush-in-ikeja-lagos-that.html?m=1

sosanova:
Theif-nubu boys(Agberos) on the loose
Expect more reprisal attacks in the coming days the fight will spread to Mushin n Iyana Ipaja....their Number 1 chief Area Boy MC OLUOMO of Oshodi has lost control over most of these guys, different factions are begin to come up, they felt MC OLUOMO is not equally distributing the money Thief-nubu and APC Lagos state is gives them monthly....

You even know the Oga by name. You sure say you no....