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   John W Kennedy to Dorothy J Heydt   
   Re: What is in a name?   
   24 Sep 14 16:25:54   
   
   From: jwkenne@attglobal.net   
      
   On 2014-09-24 04:44:41 +0000, Dorothy J Heydt said:   
      
   > 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?   
      
   He also used "N. W." and "N. W. Clerk", "I know not what scholar."   
      
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