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Subject:Re: Making up user names From:rpachol9 <rpachol9 -at- SKYPOINT -dot- COM> Date:Mon, 23 Sep 1996 18:18:00 -0600
>Rebecca Phillips (rebecca -at- qronus -dot- co -dot- il) asks:
>>How do other people make up user names? Do you just use John and Jane =
>>Smith? Do you find yourself ending up with names that invariably show a =
>>male, North-American English-speaking bias, despite your best efforts?=20
I use "Dale Arden" as the username whenever possible. Dale Arden is Flash
Gordon's girlfriend; so the name is fictitious and cross-gender. And
nobody has ever asked me who is Dale Arden?
