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    J.C. Paul
    on Jul 10 08:28 AM
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    The setting is 1973. My character calls his wife Karen "Kare Bear". Do you think the average reader would insist this is anachronistic being as the Care Bears were incepted in 1981? Would they get that its just a pet name that rhymes and is not unthinkable that someone would call somebody that before the word was trademarked?
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    Greg Silver
    on Jul 21 10:34 AM
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    I think most would think of care bears, but no one would think you're like stealing the name or anything. They would probably just see it as a coincident.

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