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Adarael

Jun 22 2007, 11:02 PM

A pretty simple question, but one I can't for the life of me remember...
Where was the list of other names for "Mr. Johnson", with entries like "Herr Gruber," et cetera.

Also, what was the Japanese equivalent? Tanaka-san? Satou-san?

Synner667

Jun 22 2007, 11:11 PM

Well, my English Mr Johnson's are always named Mr Smith..
..Or Mr Smythe, if they're posh.

Just my thruppence..

JonathanC

Jun 23 2007, 12:31 AM

I think in Japan, he's called Bunraku-san.

Kyoto Kid

Jun 23 2007, 12:32 AM

...well, in the UK, I refer to Mr Johnson as "Mr Heath"

In according to Shadows of Europe in Austria it is "Doktor Nowaks".

kzt

Jun 23 2007, 03:54 AM

QUOTE (JonathanC)

I think in Japan, he's called Bunraku-san.

IIRC, most common family name is Sato. Or Satou, depending on translation.

Top 10 is
Satou
Suzuki
Takahashi
Tanaka
Watanabe
Itou
Yamamoto
Nakamura
Ohayashi
Kobayashi
Katou

ShadowDragon8685

Jun 23 2007, 04:38 AM

http://www.shadowrunrpg.com/resources/soe_slang.shtml

It was "Herr Schmidt", not Herr Gruber.

Deva

Jun 23 2007, 08:05 AM

Here's the Wiki site:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_most_...common_surnames

treehugger

Jun 25 2007, 12:25 PM

For france, the "semi-official" name (used in the semi-official france sourcebook ) is "Monsieur Dupont".

ThreeGee

Jun 25 2007, 01:41 PM

There's also the suggestion that the Johnson's of different corporations use different names. The old Germany sourcebook has it that all Saeder Krupp Johnsons are called Herr Brackhaus.

Cheops

Jun 25 2007, 04:39 PM

QUOTE (JonathanC)

I think in Japan, he's called Bunraku-san.

I have always hated using this name for Japanese J's. I know that it also means "puppetmaster" but the dual meaning for it and the other way in which it is used in SR just turns me off. We had a GM once who didn't clue into that and harassed the hell out of him. I think that we actually did call the J "Mr. Whore," after the run when he tried to stiff us.

Adarael

Jun 25 2007, 05:04 PM

Thanks for the responses. After digging through I books, I think it might have been in MJLBB - one of the few books I don't have.

I believe I shall use Tanaka-san, because yes, Bunraku-san just gives me the heebie jeebies given the connotations.

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