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- From: crawford@ben.dev.upenn.edu (Lauren L. Crawford)
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- Subject: Re: Character Names
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- Date: 30 Jul 92 21:01:58 GMT
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- In article <Bs7x3q.KL5@unx.sas.com> sasafw@dobo.unx.sas.com (Fred Welden) writes:
- >|I'm in the process of writing a story about a character who is of
- >|Belgian decent. I'm having a little trouble deciding on a surname
- >|that sounds ethic enough for this fellow. Any suggestions?
- >|
- >
- >[Actually, it occurs to me that Belgian names present a somewhat
- >special problem--there are two distinct ethnic groups in Belgium, the
- >Flemish and the Walloons (sp?) They speak different languages,
- >probably have different kinds of surnames, usually practice different
- >religions. Have you figured out yet which kind of Belgian your
- >character is descended from?]
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- You think you've got problems! I'm working on a novel that takes
- place in India, a country I've spent all of one month in. When
- one factors in religion, caste, region, gender, and whatever else
- I'm forgetting, things get extremely complicated.
-
- I'm just going to ask a few Indian friends of varying backgrounds
- to read it for me when I'm finished (or, actually, along the
- way).
-
- Got any Belgian friends?
-
-
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