I saw an interview with Joe Mantegna (I think), talking about David Mamet’s dialogue. He said “Everybody always says that he writes the way people talk. Bullshit. People don’t talk in iambic pentameter. He writes the way people wish they could talk.”

Hard disagree. I just can’t imagine meeting a person with the same name as my dog. Would I tell the person?

“Mike? Oh, that’s my dog’s name!” just seems kinda rude.

It’s better than naming them people names. The dogs on my block are Kevin, Tony, Doug and Jeff.