Mrs Gelling worked for the English Place-Name Society, formally and informally, from 1946.

ECONOMIST: Margaret Gelling

Ten million was a whole lot of money in 1919 and when it attracted attention, Ponzi soon found himself with a five-year jail term and the dubious honor of adding his name to the English language for a type of fraud he hadn't even invented.

WSJ: Pyramid Schemes Are as American as Apple Pie

Up until the eighteenth century, the lovely English name for trombone was sackbut, a word of Old French or possibly Spanish derivation.

NPR: Young Tuba Player Gets Nod from Phila. Orchestra

As of today, customers on Sprint, Boost Mobile or Virgin Mobile USA can download the app from Android Market under the name "Wireless Accessibility EN" for English and "Wireless Accessibility ES" for Spanish.

ENGADGET: Sprint and Code Factory team up to deliver free Android accessibility app

One element that's received little attention so far is the legal requirement for a constituency to have one name, in either Welsh OR English.

BBC: Breaking down the boundaries

Like many of my former students, he had chosen his English name for mysterious reasons, and now he taught in one of the poorest parts of Sichuan.

NPR: An Outstanding Name for an Outstanding Student

Unfortunately, the Czechs have been unable to agree on a one-word informal name for their country, whether in Czech or English, since the peaceful demise of Czechoslovakia 11 years ago (the other half became Slovakia, which works fine so long as it is not confused with Slovenia).

ECONOMIST: In search of a shorter label for the country