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Subject:Re: Help with fake names issue From:kafkascampi <kafkascampi -at- gmail -dot- com> To:techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com Date:Thu, 29 Mar 2012 13:56:16 -0700
Fred said: "I agree that users are likely to be distracted by any name that
tries to be too cute in its artificiality.
And I agree that nearly anything is fair game for a given name these days."
Yeah, in my documents, I generally use scifi characters, but change the
names just enough for plausible deniability. I have a Deckard and a
Rachael... I've yet to use "Buckaroo Banzai" or "John Smallberries" but I
do have a "John Parker".
Things that are obviously nudge-nudge cutesy rub me wrong.
Chris
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