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   J.Pascal to William Vetter   
   Re: What is in a name?   
   23 Sep 14 21:52:49   
   
   From: julie@pascal.org   
      
   On Tuesday, September 23, 2014 10:05:23 PM UTC-6, 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....   
      
   That would be pretty cool if she knew he was a spy from the beginning.   
      
   Otherwise I suppose a descriptive term would work... Have her think "tall dark   
   and handsome" think "Mr. Tall Dark and Handsome" call him "Handsome" or "Mr.   
   Handsome."    
      
   -Julie   
      
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