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post Jul 28 2003, 08:43 PM
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If people want to start gathering names for incidental characters, but can't think of enough middle class American/ancient greek/sixteenth century irish/whatever names, they can post here for suggestions.

For example, if anyone would like to help my extreme name-related incompetence, what is the most classic ninteenth-century-esque English uppercrust name you can think of? (first, last, both, whatever) I'd be immensely grateful for anything you can think up, as I try to pick names to really fit certain characters.

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post Aug 7 2003, 07:07 PM
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Surnames and where to find them --

My favorite place to look for names is a Phone Book. Try your local library -- they may have phone books for other states (in America), and even foreign countries. (My local Library has them for London, Paris, Moscow, several hundred others, plus almost every city of 50,000 residents or more in the US)

There are also similar listings online -- try a google search for Phone Numbers, then use the browse function to run through the lists.


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