TheBanyanTree: Fun with Names
Cecil
cctalley at uia.net
Thu Nov 3 10:24:09 PST 2005
At 9:51 AM -0500 11/3/05, Julie Anna Teague wrote:
> > >
>> > The phone book is a great place to have phun.
>
>So is Southern Indiana. I have been to a dermatologist named Dr. Burn. My
>childhood pediatrician was Dr. Amini (sounds like "a meanie"). My
>first husband
>was an optomotrist named Dr. I. Ball. The best patient name he ran across in
>his practice was Fern Turnipseed.
>
>You couldn't use these names in a work of fiction because people
>would think it
>was a stupid attempt at humor.
>
>Julie
When I lived in Hico, Texas. the local mortuary owner was Paul Barrier.
Cecil
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