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>>>>> Karl Kleinpaste <karl@justresearch.com>:

> ... I'm not "the" Karl [especially since I'm not unique with the
> name], I'm just Karl.)

Hm... don't Germans to exactly that occasionally?  I belive I have
heard Germans say things like "der Karl", and from the context I think 
the usage has been pretty much the way people from up north in Norway, 
where I come from, would say something like "han Steinar" ("him
Steinar") when speaking about me.