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Elaman
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Hei lakimiehet

Post by Elaman » Sun Sep 22, 2013 8:44 pm

Is there an equivalent for "John Doe" in Finnish?


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Re: Hei lakimiehet

Post by Upphew » Sun Sep 22, 2013 8:47 pm

Elaman wrote:Is there an equivalent for "John Doe" in Finnish?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Doe -> http://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matti_Meik ... %C3%A4inen
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Post by Pursuivant » Mon Sep 23, 2013 1:34 pm

Yes but no. In a form or legal text like a will template you generally use the abbreviation N.N. from latin nomen nescio
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Re: Hei lakimiehet

Post by Upphew » Wed Sep 25, 2013 3:49 pm

Pursuivant wrote:Yes but no. In a form or legal text like a will template you generally use the abbreviation N.N. from latin nomen nescio
My bad. I did my usual thing: read the topic, click the topic, ignore the topic.
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