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Snarf Posted 14 years ago
Essay & Composition Writing

Sir Blank-a-lot

OK, this is gonna be a weird question. I'm sure most of you know the name "Sir Mix-a-Lot." My question is this: Would it be OK, in using that style of nicknaming, to call someone, say, "Sir Run-a-lot," "Sir Jump-a-lot," "Sir Fly-a-lot," "Sir Fart-a-lot," etc., but without capitalizing "lot," since it's not all one word in the first place, but being hyphenated to be one for the nickname? I'm guessing this doesn't have any right or wrong in the realm of grammar, but I just thought I'd ask.

Thanks.
  

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Hi, Those names all sound OK to me. I've never heard 'Sir Mixa-lot'. Is it from Monty Python?

— Clive

  • Hi, Those names all sound OK to me.
  • I've never heard 'Sir Mixa-lot'.
  • Is it from Monty Python?
  • Clive
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Hi,

Those names all sound OK to me.

I've never heard 'Sir Mixa-lot'. Is it from Monty Python?

Clive
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No, he's an American MC and producer named Anthony Ray. He wrote the hit, but stupid, song, "Baby Got Back," which came out in '92. He won a Grammy for it. He makes the "Lot" capitalized in that nickname of his.
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