SUBJECT: Re : Anonymised Email <QUOTE> Leader is a surname -- a new rule &NAME &NAME ... &CHAR ... name ? <END_QUOTE> Hmmm. .. difficult one . The context is a bit general , and in my current corpus I would lose about &NUM non-names to anonymise about &NUM names . However , taking the ' ( ' into account might be a partial solution - I 'll run some tests to isolate contexts in which &NAME &NAME patterns occur ... &CHAR On &NAME , &NUM May &NUM , &NAME &NAME wrote : <QUOTE> <QUOTE> ^_ &NAME &NAME &NAME to_TO &NAME &NAME &NAME &NAME &NAME &NAME &NAME &NAME &NAME &NAME &NAME &NAME &NAME ( _ ( &NAME ) _ ) <END_QUOTE> <END_QUOTE>