15 December 2006

What to do with spam

Spam.
Word Nerd isn't talking about the canned meat product. She means the stuff that clogs up e-mail in-boxes.

She wishes she could take credit for this idea, but she saw it somewhere else first. (Where, exactly, that was, she doesn't remember, and hence, can't give appropriate credit.)

Spam e-mail can be a great character name generator.

In the last few weeks, Word Nerd has gotten mail from:
  • Vespasian Beckett
  • Mirabel Torres
  • Britton Violet
  • Sheryn Vessey
  • Sanders Dye
  • Winter Correa
  • Noll Baxter
Any one of these could be a great name for a character. Word Nerd isn't sure she'd ever use any of these verbatim, but they are a good starting point when it's hard to come up with a name.
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2 comments:

  1. Page Smith18 December, 2006 23:55

    Thank you! I just named the Prime Minister in my book Noel Baxter. (Although I did just run it on Google and I found out that there is a British skiing champion with the same name. Oh, well. I'll use it anyway.)

    Any more spam? My inbox has been rather empty lately. It makes me almost wish I hadn't started reporting the spam to my email provider.

    Thank you, Word Nerd!!!

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  2. Bethany K. Warner19 December, 2006 11:11

    Hmmm...Word Nerd hadn't contemplated this. Now she can't name anybody Noel Baxter...
    That's ok though... it's a great Prime Minister name. Take it!

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