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The world has hit a new low....

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LONDON, England (Reuters) -- As Shakespeare said, a rose by any other name would smell as sweet. Right?

Wrong.

Scientists say the right name can make you sexier.

Linguist Amy Perfors of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology posted photos of men and women on the U.S. Web site "Hot or Not," which lets viewers rate pictures according to how attractive they find them.

When she posted the same pictures with different names, she found that the attractiveness scores went up and down depending on the vowels, the London-based magazine New Scientist reported.

Men with "front vowels" in their names -- sounds formed at the front of the mouth like the "a" in Matt -- were considered sexier than men with "back vowel" sounds like the "au" in Paul, she concluded.

The opposite held for women, who were sexier with back vowels than front ones.

Perfors said front vowels are often perceived as "smaller" than back vowels, so the difference could be a sign that women are seeking men that are sensitive or gentle, traits usually perceived as feminine.

But men who might be thinking of taking more feminine names to become sexier should be careful not to go too far: men with women's names were rated least sexy of all.

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I wonder if she understands that the images randomly come up and men/women have different taste. Morons :down:

She's from MIT? :weird:

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Originally posted by d0rk
I wonder if she understands that the images randomly come up and men/women have different taste. Morons :down:

Scientific experiments take large enough sample sizes to remove factors like that. The "random" factor i don't know what you mean (seems to be addressed in the article).

My name has both "front" and "back" vowels. I'm confused now.

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Originally posted by zootm
My name has both "front" and "back" vowels. I'm confused now.

It means that you're attractive to both genders.

If I see a woman that looks like Halle Berry, I wouldn't care what her name is. It could be Boris for all I care...

im confused. that makes no sense at all. its the picture that matters on hot or not. i never look at the name :p

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Originally posted by sgtfuzzbubble99
If I see a woman that looks like Halle Berry, I wouldn't care what her name is. It could be Boris for all I care...

How about Stuartvonborstien?

"A rose by any other name would smell as sweet"
"not if you called them stenchblossoms"
"Or crapweeds"
"I'd hate to get a dozen crapweeds for valentines day"

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Originally posted by sgtfuzzbubble99
If I see a woman that looks like Halle Berry, I wouldn't care what her name is. It could be Boris for all I care...

For me, it would have to be more like Angelina Jolie. I don't like Halle Berry.

..mines in the middle...

..Ok, WTF could that mean?

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For me, it would have to be more like Angelina Jolie. I don't like Halle Berry.

You can have her. :p I can't figure out what people find so attractive about Angelina Jolie. But whatever floats your boat, I guess.

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How about Stuartvonborstien?

Also, I dont read the girl's name when I rate their pics. Stupid.

If they're attractive or witty, a woman's name usually doesn't matter to me...

But that all changes if I'm on a date and I have to ask myself "Goddammit, what's her name again?!" :p

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Originally posted by sgtfuzzbubble99
You can have her. :p I can't figure out what people find so attractive about Angelina Jolie. But whatever floats your boat, I guess.

Those lips... :D

My last girlfriend had lips like those... never got a chance to give them the test, though. :hang:

Dammit. "Chris". Back vowel, AND it's a girl's name as well as a guy's.

Maybe I should make people call me "Christopher", just in case I'm not manly enough.

Or maybe I'll just change my name to "Man". Front-vowel, and there's no question about gender.

:p

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Originally posted by ScorLibran
Maybe I should make people call me "Christopher", just in case I'm not manly enough.

My real name's Christoph (well, one of the two first names at least), but people often end up always calling me Christopher, which really drives me nuts. Don't know if that means something, though. Perhaps they're just complaining I'm not manly enough on a really subconscious level. :weird:

Actually I think "Christoph" sounds a little manlier than "Christopher". It sounds like the name of an explorer or a powerful dictator.

Oh well..."Christopher" still sounds better than what some of my friends call me... "Yo, Bitch!"

:blah:

(There's also a saint named Christopher. That's gotta count for something.)

A dictator... Yeah, that's more like me... :D