Comments on: John Doe and Joe Bag-o’-donuts http://www.aaronbraver.com/blog/entries/192 Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:23:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2 By: Adrian http://www.aaronbraver.com/blog/entries/192#comment-6943 Adrian Mon, 23 Jun 2008 03:13:53 +0000 http://www.aaronbraver.com/blog/entries/192#comment-6943 In Argentina we use "Don Nadie" when trying to emphatise that a certain person is not well-known, unimportant, or simply unknown. It's usually derogatory and used is informal language only. The equivalent of John Doe in Argentina would be N.N. Example 1: "El cuerpo pertenence a un N.N." (lit. "The corpse belongs to an N.N.") Example 2: "Llama a todos los hospitales y pide una lista de los N.N." (lit. "Call all hospitals and ask for a list of all N.N.") I'm not really sure which term is used for legal matters such as plaintiffs, but certainly not "Don Nadie" You can get more info at the wikipedia entry for "John Doe" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Doe) Adrian In Argentina we use “Don Nadie” when trying to emphatise that a certain person is not well-known, unimportant, or simply unknown. It’s usually derogatory and used is informal language only.

The equivalent of John Doe in Argentina would be N.N.

Example 1: “El cuerpo pertenence a un N.N.” (lit. “The corpse belongs to an N.N.”)

Example 2: “Llama a todos los hospitales y pide una lista de los N.N.” (lit. “Call all hospitals and ask for a list of all N.N.”)

I’m not really sure which term is used for legal matters such as plaintiffs, but certainly not “Don Nadie”

You can get more info at the wikipedia entry for “John Doe” (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Doe)

Adrian

]]> By: Danny Silverman http://www.aaronbraver.com/blog/entries/192#comment-4589 Danny Silverman Tue, 09 Oct 2007 23:58:36 +0000 http://www.aaronbraver.com/blog/entries/192#comment-4589 Was your teacher named Maggie Balch? Was your teacher named Maggie Balch?

]]> By: Marissa http://www.aaronbraver.com/blog/entries/192#comment-4585 Marissa Tue, 09 Oct 2007 22:15:39 +0000 http://www.aaronbraver.com/blog/entries/192#comment-4585 My grandfather always says "Joe Schmo from Kokomo," and it always makes me giggle. My grandfather always says “Joe Schmo from Kokomo,” and it always makes me giggle.

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