Re: CHAT: "John Doe" equivalents sought

> I've been asked on another mailing list to collect "dummy names" from
> other cultures. In Anglo-America, the names "John Doe" and "Richard Roe"
> (and female equivalents with "Jane") are used in the legal system and
> elsewhere for people whose names are not known.  I have heard that
> the name "Alain LaFlamme" is used similarly either in France or in
> French Canada (my informant wasn't certain).  Are there other such names
> elsewhere?  Details eagerly solicited.
I've heard "John Q. Public" and "Jane Q. Public", but this seems to be a
rather stilted '40s & '50s American usage. It sounds like you'd hear it
on an old WWII news reel, referring to all the folks working at home in
the factories.

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> John Cowan                                   cowan@ccil.org
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