Friday, February 7, 2014

David Robertson RIIP: Lyons, Buttons and Double R

The Deaths in 2014 site has recently added under February 6th:
David Robertson, 70, British Formula One driver manager (Jenson ButtonKimi Räikkönen) and Formula 3 Team owner (Double R Racing)
What stands out the most is the reference to "Double R Racing", given the title of yesterdays post re: Hubert Luthe RIIP: The Missing "R".  Hubert Luthe had passed away just two days before Robertson.

This is an addition to the "R/Are..." pattern-cluster, its also a classic example of how the inner twin works-- in an "Echo" fashion.  Note this excerpt from Jenson Button's wiki page (as per above)
 Jenson Alexander Lyons ButtonMBE (born 19 January 1980) is a British Formula One driver from England currently signed toMcLaren. He was the 2009 Formula One World Champion, driving for Brawn GP.
First of all, his middle name is an addition to the recent "Leon/Kitty/Katz/... Lyon" pattern-clsuter.  Note as well, his birthday is an addition to the "Off BY One" pattern-cluster, as in one off from my brothers birthday-- Jan 18.  His surname Button is also an addition to the "Cryptic Phrases in Names" pattern cluster, re "butt on".

Note the etymology of the word button:
button (n.)from Old French boton "a button," originally "a bud" (12c., Modern French bouton), from bouterboter "to thrust," common Romanic (cf. Spanish boton, Italian bottone), ultimately from Germanic (see butt (v.)). Thus a button is, etymologically, something that pushes up, or thrusts out. 
Well, butt brings us back to the TUSSH, no butts about it.

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