Whether you realize it or not, names are a part of language, and a by no means unimportant one. I am not even referring to such a somewhat esoteric phenomenon as a proper noun becoming a common one"e.g., Sandwich, Mackintosh, Wellington boots"but to proper names improperly used and a threat to correct usage. Consider the shocker when a prize-winning racehorse bears the misspelled name American Pharoah. Pharoah, alas…
SOURCE: John Simon at 03:50PM on May 23, 2015