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How did we manage to live thousands of years without. I guess we had names.
by rastignack 4y ago
How did we manage to live thousands of years without. I guess we had names.
- martin1b 4y agoThis!
- eddsh1994 4y ago
- vlz 4y agoWell, for thousands of years we lived in small homogenous communities with only a handful of names. We also had very rigid gender norms. As times change we now live in more open communities with thousands of different names and looser gender norms. I oftentimes cannot easily guess the pronoun from a name.
- halfmatthalfcat 4y agoWe lived a long time without having to use honorifics yet we do now and are even publicly shamed for not doing so. Humanity and the language we use is a constantly evolving thing.
- Macha 4y agoAre we? My impression was English language honorifics were going out of fashion. People are more likely to say Tom or Tom Smith than Mr. Smith these days
- halfmatthalfcat 4y agoDr, Your Honor, etc.
- yellowapple 4y agoIndeed, names like "Alex", "Pat", and "Taylor".
- rastignack 4y agoAlex and Pat are diminutives. I would understand if only people with names like Taylor did state their gender though.