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Detective Herman He & Detective Randy Yu
He and Yu are of Japanese/Chinese heritage names.
Would these homonym names throw you off?
I am running these guys in 1st person present.
The nature of my novel is delusion, deception.
Thanks - max
You likely plan to get some mileage from those names, but the joke might get a bit old before the end of the story. Just a thought.
Max I kinda agree with Jack...however, if you didn't over do the He and Yu jokes, it might work.
Michael Connelly uses the name He in "Nine Dragons" for a female character. I think he already took advantage of the joke, although nobody was laughing, since the character met a bad end. "Who is He?" "She's my friend." "Where is He?" etc. That being said (or writ) I think it would be absolutely fine to use the names and never, never allude to the comic aspect, allowing the reader to make a little mental joke of his/her own. You can be sure the two detectives will not be forgotten, that way.
In Sandford's Virgil Flowers series Virgil has a friend named Johnson Johnson...having fun with peoples names is pretty common...remember Pussy Galore?
In "The Sincerest Form of Flattery" I had an FBI agent named Henry ("call me Hank") Henry. Yeah, it can be fun fooling around with names. The James Bond girls' handles, of course, were often tongue-in-cheek double entendres.
In "The Sincerest Form of Flattery" I had an FBI agent named Henry ("call me Hank") Henry. Yeah, it can be fun fooling around with names. The James Bond girls' handles, of course, were often tongue-in-cheek double entendres.
Remember Catch Twenty-Two's Major Major?
Yes! That's where I got the idea! Loved that book. "You got flies in your eyes, Yossarian."
Yes! That's where I got the idea! Loved that book. "You got flies in your eyes, Yossarian."
I think I remember you telling me that...HEY...did you buy Sam's Piano? https://www.yahoo.com/movies/casablanca … 30542.html
In the comments down at the bottom a young jerk said he'd rather buy a new piano he could play. I told him the guy who bought it didn't buy a piano...he bought MEMORIES...catch you later...:)
PS Bear went to the door to be let out to potty for the first time today! 
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