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   Dorothy J Heydt to mdhangton@gmail.com   
   Re: What is in a name?   
   24 Sep 14 04:44:41   
   
   From: djheydt@kithrup.com   
      
   In article <22eb1690-bdb1-4531-add2-f62d4c636b99@googlegroups.com>,   
   William Vetter   wrote:   
   >   
   >There was a French author, Gerard de Villiers, who wrote a long series   
   >of spy novels with the main character Malko Linge, which were about as   
   >popular as Ian Fleming/James Bond outside of English-speaking countries.   
   >So you could say that the fictional spy Malko Linge would be the French   
   >equivalent of James Bond.   
   >   
   >So if you wanted to call him something like that....   
   >   
   C. S. Lewis sometimes published poetry under the pseudonym "Nat   
   Whilk," which is Middle English for "I don't know who."  Would   
   that work?   
      
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