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Thread #29297   Message #369790
Posted By: Pete M'Gurk
06-Jan-01 - 02:12 PM
Thread Name: BS: Favorite Names
Subject: RE: BS: Favorite Names
Nobody's said "Janet Upisass" or "Anita Handjob" yet, so I'll throw them in. If you're going to list names military fashion, try "Ale, E. S." But all seriousness aside (thanks Steve Allen), when I'm writing a story or a play I use names of people I've known in the past, or mix first and last names of people from the phone book (as mentioned above) - or I try to use a name that describes the personality of the character - I have a detective named "John Dark" for example (please don't use that).

Try the last names of distant cousins that are different from your own, or look thru your parents' high school yearbooks for really unique names (my dad's had a boy named "LaVerne", f'rinstance).

A tip of the lid to Catspaw, who used my personal fave, "Hugh G. Reckshun".

Pete