On 11 Apr 2010 15:52:15 -0700, in bit.listserv.ibm-main you wrote: >Pseudonyms have a long and often honorable history. How many of you who are >not francophone >know that Voltaire's "real" name is François-Marie Arouet?
I'm sort of the other way around, if you asked me who François-Marie Arouet was, I would come up with Voltaire (which is the easier name to remember) I appreciate you including the word "often". Pseudonyms can be used for marketing reasons. Pseudonyms can be used to avoid confusion with others with the same name (Stewart Granger's real name was James Stewart). Pseudonyms can be used to avoid capture by authorities. Pseudonyms can be used so we don't assume someone is speaking for his place of employment. And pseudonyms can be used for trolling. -- "In no part of the constitution is more wisdom to be found, than in the clause which confides the question of war or peace to the legislature, and not to the executive department." - James Madison ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
