[Ads-l] Combining two people's names: Javanka

Mark Mandel thnidu at GMAIL.COM
Wed Jun 7 07:00:22 UTC 2017


On Jun 3, 2017 11:56 PM, "Barretts Mail" wrote *[boldface added]: *


The example of

* Rob*ert Pattinson + Kri*sten* Stewart = Robsten

is an interesting combination of a first name and a last name,


Er, no, it isn't. You may have been momentarily misled by the graphical
similarity between the *-sten* of *Kristen* and the *stew-* of *Stewart*.

Mark

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