On Nov 9, 2007, at 8:10 PM, Michael Pollak wrote:
> On Fri, 9 Nov 2007, Doug Henwood wrote:
>
>>> But don't you think Ron Paul is like the perfect name for a
>>> libertarian?
>>
>> Well, according to Paul Fussell, two first names = very downscale.
>> Two
>> last names = very upscale.
>
> Yes, but wasn't he refering two actual first names, like Mary Anne or
> Bobby Ray, that were followed by a last name?
No, it was having a surname that's mostly a first name, e.g. Ron Paul. Cf. Kingman Brewster.
Doug