Thursday, September 12, 2013

Names that Metamorphose


       I shop at "Tennis Doctor" in Glendale when I need to equip and outfit myself.

       I love shopping there and do so every year or two, but last time I was astonished to see the name was really "Racket Doctor."
 
       Don't know exactly how this process happens.  I spoke of my dad's clothing store for years as "Joe's Clothes" and couldn't believe it when I saw a photograph with the sign out front; it was "Joe's Store."  I was there many, many times in my childhood and growing up.

       Maybe in my dad's case it was the rhyme I wanted to give it for euphony's sake; maybe with "Racket Doctor," I knew I bought lots there besides just having my racket restrung.

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