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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