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J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:
In message , Bill in Co
writes:
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Just to be clear, IF my name were Ernest Hemingway, that would be fine.
But it's not. I could sign myself as Ernest Hemingway, but to me,
that's being disrespectful of him and his memory, because as I see it,
I'm stealing his identity for myself, as if it were my own. Pretending
I am an Ernest Hemingway since I signed my name that way, and wanting
the recognition that goes along with it. At any rate, that's just how I
see it.
How about if you signed yourself "The Earnest Hemingway appreciation
society"?

I think that's what our "Mark Twain" meant - he respects and admires MT.
He's not pretending to _be_ MT, _nor_ trying to steal anything from him.
He's just using the modern tendency to shorten everything - like using
"app" for "application", "tab" for "tablet", even "'phone" for
"telephone", "TV" for "TV set", and so on.

That would seem a lot better, at least to me. Because there is no ambiguity
about it. No pretending to be someone you're not (at least as I see it).
To me, when you sign your name as someone famous, you are taking credit for
that namesake for yourself, instead of just leaving it with the source who
actually earned it. It seems like a bravado to me..