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   A. Tina Hall to julie@pascal.org   
   Re: What is in a name?   
   26 Sep 14 17:40:00   
   
   From: A_Tina_Hall@kruemel.org   
      
   J.Pascal   wrote:   
   > Michelle Bottorff wrote:   
   >> J.Pascal  wrote:   
      
   >>> 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."   
   >>   
   >> Mr.  Incredibly Average in Every Way?   
   >>   
   >> Mr. You Look So Different Everytime I See You That It Takes Me   
   >> Forever to Be Certain It's Really You?   
      
   > I feel your pain. :)   
      
   > Does she have a classical education?  Might there be a "popular   
   > culture" everyman figure or a god that is known to disguise himself   
   > or herself to interact with normal people to test them?  Folk tales   
   > where a beggar is really a magical being that rewards the   
   > kindhearted?   
      
   Now I'm thinking fairies/elves (original ones, not modern ones). Gnom,   
   Kobold, Erlenkoenig, Alp(?),...   
      
   Other supernatural creatures: Geist, Hexer,...   
      
   People back then were still superstitious, no? But maybe Michelle's   
   folks aren't.   
      
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