A good nickname can show the reverence fans or the media have for the athlete, and it can demonstrate a wicked sense of humour, but always, it should demonstrate that sport, at its essence, should maintain a sense of fun. Some scholars speculate that the use of single names could have its roots in the slave system.
Daniel Mallia is an HNN intern and a student at Fordham University. More Questions. The infamous story of Vincent van Gogh having cut off his ear is only partially (pardon the pun) true. The tale begins in 1886, when, after years of moving around, van Gogh joined his younger brother, Theo, in Paris. There he met and befriended many notable artists, including the post-impressionist Paul Gauguin.
Yes, Vincent van Gogh cut his left earlobe off December 24, 1888, because he had had an argument with one of his friends. The argument may have been whether Paul Gauguin was gâ¦oing to leave Arles, where they had been working together. Nobody was with Vincent van Gogh when he cut off his ear. He used a razor (a very sharp kind of knife) to cut it off; he was in deep depression after his friend Paul Gauguin had been mad at him. Van Gogh suffered from mental illness.