{"id":12361,"date":"2008-05-20T15:22:44","date_gmt":"2008-05-20T22:22:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/2008\/05\/20\/on-the-naming-of-names-3.html"},"modified":"2008-05-20T15:22:44","modified_gmt":"2008-05-20T22:22:44","slug":"on_the_naming_of_names_3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2008\/05\/20\/on_the_naming_of_names_3.html","title":{"rendered":"On the Naming of Names"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
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Skin Disease or Dungeons and Dragons Character?<\/font><\/strong><\/a>
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Score: 94% (15 out of 16)<\/font><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Of course, I’m a natural at this — I once (inadvertently) named a character after a skin ointment<\/em>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Skin Disease or Dungeons and Dragons Character? 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