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From: nxn@ihuxm.UUCP (Dave Nixon)
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Subject: Re: Common names in other countries
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>The British equivalent of "John Q. Public" is "John Bull."
>My Random House credits this to "John Bull," chief character in Arbuthnot's
>allegory, "The History of John Bull" (1712.
>					 --Lee Gold

I have never heard this used. One equivalent in common use today
is "Joe Bloggs." There are probably many regional variations.

Dave Nixon	..ihnp4!ihuxm!nxn