On Wednesday, 1 February 2017 23:23:43 GMT Don Hollander wrote:
We’re building some documentation around EAI and creating some generic, but culturally local, examples of email addresses.
In the US it might be something like john.doe@example.com. In the UK it might be something like john.bull@example.com. And in NZ it would be Joe.Bloggs@example.com
FWIW, here in the UK john.bull@example.com would get you some very strange looks(*). We're most probably with the Kiwis with Joe (or Fred Bloggs), though both sound somewhat antiquated and I don't think are commonly used. In fact, thinking about it I personally would go so far as to say that these days we don't really have any standard placeholder names, generally preferring to make up names that sound 'normal' - see, for example, https:// personal.help.royalmail.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/81/~/clear-addressing--- how-to-address-your-mail. (Of course, having said that I promptly ran across advice on gov.uk design guidelines https://designpatterns.hackpad.com/Knowledge-based-authentication-Nc91dMM61B... which uses 'Joe Bloggs'). (*) For those who don't know the name, 'John Bull' is a 18th century archetype kind of similar to Uncle Sam but without any connotation of links to government. I rather doubt whether my kids (22 & 19) have heard the name. -- Jim Hague jim@sinodun.com Never trust a computer you can't lift. Sinodun Internet Technologies Ltd. +44 7941 697732