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People never exclusively used family names in the western world, at least not the way you imagine.
by Longlius 3y ago
People never exclusively used family names in the western world, at least not the way you imagine.
- keiferski 3y agoI didn't mean "exclusively" as in they didn't have a first name, just that they were referred to by their last names in public settings. Even a few decades ago, it was still somewhat informal to refer to strangers by their first names. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlzm7-gvTRg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlzm7-gvTRg Thought that was obvious from the context in the article, which is about political leaders.