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From: ljones@ivory.trentu.ca (Len Jones)
Subject: Re: Generation of peoples names
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In article <504lc7$h8r@soap.news.pipex.net>, Andy.Clark@dial.pipex.com (Andy Clark) writes:
>Hi,
>	I have the task of generating some test data for a personnel system,
>this needs lots of people names, approx 2000+. I have a simple
>algorithm which picks a random start, middle and end from a selection
>I provide. 
>
>This produces results such as
>
>Mr Bloom
>Mrs Pratt
>Prof Queg
>Dr Dad
>Mr Sot
>
>Are there other ways of generating more realistic names?
>Any ideas for first names? Does anyone have statistics for the lengths
>(in phonems) of names and the number of forenames people have.
>
>Cheers,
>	Andy Clark
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>Just switch off your Internet set and go do something less boring instead!
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Why not try a phone directory on CD-ROM.

len jones
