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   overload@spam.ftc.gov to Bottorff   
   Re: What is in a name?   
   24 Sep 14 11:21:25   
   
   On Tue, 23 Sep 2014 18:35:35 -0400, mbottorff@lshelby.com (Michelle   
   Bottorff) wrote:   
      
      
   >*At least one of his genuine given names will probably show up in the   
   >book, but the heroine (my pov character) will have no way of knowing   
   >that particular name -- out of the five or six different names he uses   
   >--  is actually his.   
      
   This is the main reason why I can't read Russian novels. Each   
   character has at least three names and I can't remember who is who.   
      
   Characters with more than one name results (for some values of   
   characters) in the reader-impression that there are more characters   
   than expected. Terribly confusing.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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