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Discussion - Language > John Doe > Informal names for unknown or unspecified persons in various countries/regions
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Fred Bloggs
23rd January 2012 |
Ronny Arbuckle isn't used in the United Kingdom...I am native speaker and i've never heard that in the whole of my life in England.
Fred Bloggs is an equally common variant of Jo Bloggs.
Tommy Atkins is the generic name for a soldier, dating from the early 20th century and now becoming less familiar but previously widely used and understood. |
Greg Zeng
19th November 2010 |
IMO the above names are generally true. Most individuals belong to subgroups: job, age, education, sex, sex-orientation, nationality(s),skin color, health, etc.
These sub-groups have other names. Street workers most types call anonymous white men: "JOHNS". In white Australia, I am often called: "Chink", "Wong", ... without any intended hostility.
Retired (medical) IT Consultant
Australian Capital Territory
Ex-0fficer, Australian Army, 5th generation "ABC" (Australian Born Chinese). |
jose rivera (Ecuador)
18th March 2008 |
Perico de los palotes is other name |
Paco (Spain)
12th March 2008 |
As well in spain is used Fulana to refer to a "easy" woman... what it means "una cualquiera" |
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