Many colleges and businesses tend to strip the last name down to 6
characters and add the first and last initial to either the beginning or
end to make up an e-mail address.  For example, Mary L. Ferguson =
mlfergus or fergusml. They are just now beginning to realize the problems
that may happen when you have a large and diverse pool of people to choose
from. Add to that a large database of company/college acronyms and you have
some very funny addresses. Probably not funny to the individual involved,
however:

   TOP TEN Actual E-mail Addresses

10. Helen Thomas Eatons (Duke University) - [log in to unmask]

9. Mary Ellen Dickinson (Indiana University of Pennsylvania) -
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8. Francis Kevin Kissinger (Las Verdes University) - [log in to unmask]

7. Amanda Sue Pickering (Purdue University) - [log in to unmask]

6. Ida Beatrice Ballinger (Ball State University) - [log in to unmask]

5. Bradley Thomas Kissering (Brady Electrical, Northern Division,
Overton, Canada) - [log in to unmask]

4. Isabelle Haydon Adcock (Toys "R" Us) - [log in to unmask]

3. Martha Elizibeth Cummins (Fresno University) - [log in to unmask]

2. George David Blowmer (Drop Front Drawers & Cabinets Inc.)
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..but at No 1, it had to be...

1. Barbara Joan Beeranger (Myplace Home Decorating) -
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