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Subject:Re: What kind of names do you make up? From:"Susan W. Gallagher" <sgallagher -at- EXPERSOFT -dot- COM> Date:Thu, 10 Jun 1999 12:09:21 -0700
At 11:50 AM 6/10/99 -0700, Kathleen Kuvinka wrote:
>Does anybody think that using silly names for sample data may look
>unprofessional?
>
>I'm not making a judgement, it's just a thought.
It mostly depends on the audience, I suppose. I haven't had to make up
names in a long time, but back in my training days, Phil O'Dendron,
Les Dance, and Justin Case were regular players in my docs. Classroom
reaction was favorable; students appreciated a little levity in what
was otherwise a dull subject. And if the puns were lost on anyone, the
names were still acceptable made-up names.
