was watching a tv drama and there is this guy in the show named John Smith. other guy said that it sounds fake and blah blah blah and of course in the show, the name was indeed "fake", like everything else in the show.
poor john smiths. what other names sound fake? jane doe? charles dickens? what about something more local? what should a name be to be valid and yet "fake"? tan ah kow? ng xiao ping? lee mei mei? susan?
this post is not meant to be an insult to all the persons as abovementioned. just that most people would probably be able to sniff out a fake name or even have a little bit of suspicion. why so uncreative to a point as to name your kid john smith? or if you are john smith, why not use an alias like osama or tony stark?
my point is if you were to really fake a name, would you use tan ah kow or susan in this 21st century? let me recommend "susie smith lee xiao mei". middle names for angmopai-sgreans are fashionable nowadays anyway.
btw john smith has a wiki entry. do you?
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