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It seems a bit presumptive to me to suggest that entire other cultures change their definition of what a name is just because you don't understand them. If som
by tczMUFlmoNk 3y ago
It seems a bit presumptive to me to suggest that entire other cultures change their definition of what a name is just because you don't understand them.
If someone tells me their name, I think that it is right to believe them unconditionally. No matter if it starts with Wang (100M people!) or ends with -son/-dottir (~all of Iceland) or contains affixes or other common parts. Names are deeply significant and have more value than just contributing information entropy to a unique identifier.
- redeeman 3y agoat no point did I suggest we should not believe someone when they say their name. But what purpose is a complete unit in a name if it is what 1/2 of everyone else in a country has too? the icelandic case is different, as it does after all function as a lastname, just a suffix on the lastname. I see no value in this, its kinda like putting salutation into the name. I would receive NO value in having an additional firstname of "Mr"