Re: CHAT: "John Doe" equivalents sought

DOUGLAS KOLLER <LAOKOU@...> wrote:

>In my idiolect at least, John/Jane Doe would be the name attached to a
>cadaver or missing person whose identity was unknown. John Q. Public refers
>to the average American man in the street
Oh, that's a different beast! In Argentina we have "Doña Rosa"
as the common housewife (I think it became popular in a "general
interest" TV programme). The common *man* is probably "Don José". ;)


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