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* In the [[Anne of Green Gables]] series by L.M. Montgomery, there are three characters with the name "Jim" or some variant of it: Captain Jim, Anne's son Jem, and the war baby Jims. Jem is named after Captain Jim, so that doesn't really count, but Jims is no relation to either. |
* In the [[Anne of Green Gables]] series by L.M. Montgomery, there are three characters with the name "Jim" or some variant of it: Captain Jim, Anne's son Jem, and the war baby Jims. Jem is named after Captain Jim, so that doesn't really count, but Jims is no relation to either. |
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** An even bigger example from L. M. Montgomery's books comes from ''The Story Girl'' and ''The Golden Road'', in which the main character and one of her friends are both called Sara. There is no confusion between the two, as the former is usually known as "The Story Girl" by her peers, and the latter is usually called by her full name, i.e. Sara Ray. |
** An even bigger example from L. M. Montgomery's books comes from ''The Story Girl'' and ''The Golden Road'', in which the main character and one of her friends are both called Sara. There is no confusion between the two, as the former is usually known as "The Story Girl" by her peers, and the latter is usually called by her full name, i.e. Sara Ray. |
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* ''[[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the |
* ''[[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]]'' plays this surprisingly straight. There seems to be only one "Arthur Phillip Dent" in the entire universe. However, there is an "A-Rth-Urp-Hil-Ipdenu" on the fourth world of the Folfanga system. |
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** On the other manipulatory appendage, every race in the HHGG universe has a drink called "ginandtonic" (however the name happens to be spelled on any given world). |
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* ''[[The Hunger Games|Mockingjay]]'' by Suzanne Collins has an unusual exception, a pair of sisters named Leeg. Katniss refers to them as Leeg 1 and Leeg 2 to differentiate, and there is never an instance of name confusion. |
* ''[[The Hunger Games|Mockingjay]]'' by Suzanne Collins has an unusual exception, a pair of sisters named Leeg. Katniss refers to them as Leeg 1 and Leeg 2 to differentiate, and there is never an instance of name confusion. |
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* In ''The Queen's Own Fool'' there are five Marys: the titular [[Mary Queen of Scots]] and her four maids-in-waiting. The narrator keeps track of them in her mind by calling them Pious Mary, Pretty Mary, Regal Mary and Jolly Mary. |
* In ''The Queen's Own Fool'' there are five Marys: the titular [[Mary Queen of Scots]] and her four maids-in-waiting. The narrator keeps track of them in her mind by calling them Pious Mary, Pretty Mary, Regal Mary and Jolly Mary. |
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