# I write like… a new more sophisticated stripper name?

Canonical page: https://dominiklukes.net/writing/2010-07-22-i-write-like-a-new-more-sophisticated-stripper-name

The piece uses inconsistent automated author comparisons to show how people construct identities from arbitrary similarities.

Blog post · Metaphor Hacker · 22 July 2010

## Where it lives

- [Read it on Metaphor Hacker (metaphorhacker.net)](https://metaphorhacker.net/2010/07/i-write-like-a-new-more-sophisticated-stripper-name/)

## About this item

- Type: Blog post
- Published: 22 July 2010
- Published in: Metaphor Hacker
- Language: English

Topics: language-meaning, analogy, identity.

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