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Subject:Re: Meaning of the term "林某"
Posted By: rat Mon, May 20, 2024
not sure it relates to publishing specifically, I think X-某 or X-某某 is used simply as "So and so" might be used in English, as a placeholder for an individual the speaker can't specifically name (or doesn't need to in order to convey a point). Speculating now but perhaps 林 functions as a stand-in for surnames, since it's relatively a common one (but 王 or 李 are more common, so perhaps it refers to a specific anecdote about someone with the surname Lin). looking forward to others' contributions
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