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From: marco@andromeda.RUTGERS.EDU (the wharf rat)
Newsgroups: net.singles
Subject: Re: "pretend" names and aliases
Message-ID: <152@andromeda.RUTGERS.EDU>
Date: Sat, 22-Mar-86 12:10:16 EST
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Posted: Sat Mar 22 12:10:16 1986
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> In article <712@osiris.UUCP> jcp@osiris.UUCP (Jody Patilla) writes:
> >
> >	I am interested in other people's opinions about something that
> >is pretty common among net people, and that is the use of famous names
> >from fiction or from D&D campaigns and the like. 
> >
> >	I guess the question is, what is the importance, if any, of using
> >hig-falutin' names ? Is the user in that much need of an ego-boost ?
> >My reaction would be to assume that the person would seem to be fairly
> >immature but maybe that's not so. Comments, anyone ?

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