List of terms related to an average person

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Here is a list of terms related to an average person.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

UnsortedEdit

By cultureEdit

Arab WorldEdit

Fulan (male: فلان) Fulana (female: فلانة)[1]

AustriaEdit

  • Hans Meier / Maier / Mayer[2]
  • Herr und Frau Österreicher (Mr and Mrs Austrian)[3]

FinlandEdit

Matti Meikäläinen (male, literally "our Matti"), Maija Meikäläinen (female, literally "our Maija")[4]

FranceEdit

  • Very popular names (similar to John/Jane Doe): Jean Dupont, Paul Martin, M./Mme Durand, M./Mme Martin, etc.;
  • Usable as a common word: Pierre-Paul-Jacques (with the meaning of "Someone");[5]
  • Random people (similar to Average John/Jane): Monsieur/Madame Tout-le-monde,[6] (M./Mme) Untel/Unetelle (Mr/Mrs NoName),[7] Madame Michu (only female),[8] (M./Mme) Tartempion (familiar and little satirical);[9]
  • Other:
    • (M./Mme) Machin/Machine (familiar terms, used when one does not take the pain to find another term);[10]
    • (Un) Gazier (originally, a man who worked in gas transport; nowadays, it is a familiar term to tell "Someone" (mostly for a man, this term is rare for women, and in such a case, the correct orthography is "Gazière").[11]

See also fr:wikt:Tartempion#Synonymes

GermanyEdit

  • Max Mustermann (Erika for female)
  • Otto Normalverbraucher

MalaysiaEdit

PolandEdit

  • Jan Kowalski (male), Anna Kowalska (female), the second most common Polish surname.
  • For a broader representation of average Poles "Kowalski" may be grouped with some other common surnames, such as Nowak (the most common Polish surname), Malinowski, or Wiśniewski: "Imagine our neighbors, the Kowalskis or Nowaks, who earn PLN 100 less per month than we do".[15]

PortugueseEdit

  • Fulano (from Arabic), Ciclano (unknown etymology), Beltrano (from given name Beltrão)[16] "Fulano, Cicrano e Beltrano" equivalent to "Tom, Dick and Harry"

RussiaEdit

  • Vasya Pupkin [ru]
  • For a group of average persons or to stress the randomness of a selection, common Russian surnames are used: "Ivanov, Petrov, or Sidorov".[17] There is a military joke: The sergeant asks the rookies: "Your surnames!" - "Ivanov!", "Petrov!", "Sidorov!" - "Are you brothers?" - "No, we are namesakes, sir!"[18]

SpanishEdit

  • Fulano, from Arabic, Mengano, Zutano. "Fulano, Mengano y Zutano" equivalent to "Tom, Dick and Harry"

ThailandEdit

  • Somchai (common name for male – literally meaning "appropriate for a man"), Somsri (common, if somewhat dated, name for female), Sommai (common names of either gender), nai-gor (นาย ก equivalent to 'Mr. A')[19]

United KingdomEdit

United StatesEdit

 
SS card featuring John Q. Public

See alsoEdit

ReferencesEdit

  1. ^ [1]
  2. ^ Max Mustermann - es gibt ihn wirklich (Max Mustermann - he actually exists), German newspaper article
  3. ^ Ernährungsfehler von Herrn und Frau Österreicher (Unhealthy Food Habits Of Mr and Mrs Austrian), Austrian government website
  4. ^ Milburn, Trudy (2015). Communicating User Experience: Applying Local Strategies Research to Digital Media Design. Lexington Books. p. 134. ISBN 978-1-4985-0614-4.
  5. ^ https://yolainebodin.com/fr/le-coin-langues/vocabulaire-francais-anglais/expression-pierre-paul-ou-jacques-any-old-tom-dick-and-harry
  6. ^ http://dictionnaire.sensagent.leparisien.fr/monsieur%20tout-le-monde/fr-fr/
  7. ^ https://www.linternaute.fr/dictionnaire/fr/definition/untel/
  8. ^ https://www.languefrancaise.net/Bob/35567
  9. ^ https://www.languefrancaise.net/Bob/24061
  10. ^ http://www.cnrtl.fr/definition/machin
  11. ^ https://www.larousse.fr/dictionnaires/francais/gazier/36377
  12. ^ Times, New Straits (2020-03-27). "'Makcik Kiah' is famous now but who is she? | New Straits Times". NST Online. Retrieved 2021-03-07.
  13. ^ "Mak Cik Kiah peniaga pisang goreng dah boleh senyum sikit..." Sinarharian (in Malay). 2020-03-27. Retrieved 2021-03-07.
  14. ^ Chung, Esther. "We Are All Makcik Kiah, And Her Family Is Our Family | TRP". https://www.therakyatpost.com/. Retrieved 2021-03-07. External link in |website= (help)
  15. ^ Mariusz Rutkowski [pl], "PRZECIĘTNY KOWALSKI. UWAGI O KONOTACJACH I MEDIALNYCH WYSTĄPIENIACH JEDNOSTKI ONIMICZNEJ", Zeszyty Naukowe KUL, vol 58, no. 3 (231), 2015, pp. 3-9.
  16. ^ "De onde vêm os termos Fulano, Beltrano e Sicrano?", September 27, 2016
  17. ^ "Иванов, Петров, Сидоров..." (archived), In: "Чужое имя", Kanun Almanac [Альманах Канун], issue 6, St.Petersburg, 2001, pp.273-293.
  18. ^ Alim Akhmadeev, ИВАНОВ, ПЕТРОВ, СИДОРОВ, Istoki July 3, 2020,
  19. ^ "นาย ก". thai-language. Retrieved 2018-12-20.
  20. ^ "Joe Public synonyms with definition | Macmillan Thesaurus". www.macmillanthesaurus.com. Retrieved 2020-06-13.
  21. ^ "UNWASHED | meaning in the Cambridge English Dictionary". dictionary.cambridge.org. Retrieved 2020-06-13.
  22. ^ Rodale, Jerome Irving (1978). The Synonym Finder. Rodale. p. 470. ISBN 978-0-87857-236-6.
  23. ^ "Outraged of Tunbridge Wells, Edited by Nigel Cawthorne - Review". The Independent. 2013-12-08. Retrieved 2020-06-13.
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