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Subject:Re: Help with fake names issue From:Suzette Leeming <suzette -dot- leeming -at- gmail -dot- com> To:Gene Kim-Eng <techwr -at- genek -dot- com> Date:Thu, 29 Mar 2012 13:34:17 -0400
I have often used cartoon character names, such as Bugs Bunny, Mickey
Mouse, etc.
Suzette Leeming
On Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 1:32 PM, Gene Kim-Eng <techwr -at- genek -dot- com> wrote:
> If this is an issue I would choose names of fictional characters from works
> that are in the public domain. I sometimes use characters from George
> Eliot's "Silas Marner," my revenge upon the most boring book I ever had to
> read in school.
>
> If there aren't enough names in that book, I can also recommend Thomas
> Hardy's "The Return of the Native," which has an even larger cast of wholly
> uninspiring characters.
>
> Gene Kim-Eng
>
>
>
> On Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 9:30 AM, Cindy Daoust
> >
> > I have been provided with a list of acceptable names to use in a
> > training project that includes things like "Deadlines, Expects Many,"
> > "Flare, Shiny Red" and "Paint, Many Colors."
>
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