The names that give you extra sex appeal

Esav Benyamin

Esav Benyamin

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From today's Telegraph. Some of you have struggled all your lives, and now you know why! :D

Certain first names make people more attractive to the opposite sex while others are a turn-off, say linguists.

In an experiment, they found that pictures of men were rated as more appealing if they were called Ed, Matt or Mike than if their names were given as Paul, Sean or Roger.

The authors of the study claim the explanation lies in vowel sounds. Women prefer names with short vowels, such as e and i, produced at the front of the mouth.

However, the opposite is true for men. They prefer women's names with longer vowel sounds such as Laura, Moira or Paula.

The findings may help explain why some perfectly attractive people struggle to get dates.

Linguists have long argued whether arbitrary names given to people, objects and actions affect the way people think about them.

Amy Perfors, of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, posted 24 pictures of her male and female friends on the website hotornot.com.

Visitors to the site are asked to rate the attractiveness of strangers on a scale of one to 10. More than 13 million pictures have been submitted and more than nine billion votes have been recorded.

Normally names are not included in the images. However Miss Perfors ensured that a first name appeared in the top corner of the picture.

Then she posted the same pictures under aliases to compare scores and found names that included vowel sounds produced at the front of the mouth, such as the short e and i, had greater sex appeal than names with fuller, longer sounds such as o and u.

According to the theory, names such as Rich, Nick, Lee, Elliot, Mike and Sam would do better than Tom, Roger, Sean, Mohammed, John, Raj and Rob.

The findings are published in New Scientist magazine today.
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When people are rating "hot or not" on the basis of one picture and a name, it's not really surprising that the name has some influence....
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Tell a girl your name is ‘Moneybags McMoney’. She will find you extremely sexy.
 
Esav Benyamin said:
In an experiment, they found that pictures of men were rated as more appealing if they were called Ed, Matt or Mike than if their names were given as Paul, Sean or Roger.
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Bugger! :(

Roger
 
The authors of the study claim the explanation lies in vowel sounds. Women prefer names with short vowels, such as e and i, produced at the front of the mouth.

All these years I thought it was my caring attitude and willingness to listen that women found attractive in me.

Big Dick
 
I've found "Powernoodle" to be an instant turn-on for the chicks.

best regards
 
Given a choice between the person-of-opposite-sex of your choice and your friendly local scientific researcher, I'd go with the choice of the person-of-opposite-sex of your choice :D

All the researcher is telling you is which picture of an unknown person you might like best with a short, snappy name. That's not real good science, but it's about what we've come to expect. All those grad students have to do something to keep their professors happy.
 
I got a lot of action a few years back by telling women my name was John Holmes. :D
 
Esav Benyamin said:
However, the opposite is true for men. They prefer women's names with longer vowel sounds such as Laura, Moira or Paula.
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At least I have something going for me! :D

~ashes
 
Ashes said:
At least I have something going for me! :D

~ashes
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Women named Laura are hotties!!! ;) ;) ;)
 
KV hits the nail on the head afgain. I know a laura, and damn if she aint just hopt as a cucumber.
Gpd amd i am drunk.
KV, you rule.
Bye.
Maurice
(sexy name)
 
BruiseLeee said:
So... if I changed my name to Saddam, females wouldn't look at me.
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Depends....maybe if you pronounced it:

suh-DAMM!!

:eek: :D :p



might elicit a response......:footinmou


Where does "Dan" fit in all of this? one-syllable, but not "i" or "e"....

...should I change it to "Din"....?!?



:D :p
 
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