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On Tue, Jul 12, 2022 at 12:37 PM Ulrich Mueller <ulm@g.o> wrote: |
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> >>>>> On Tue, 12 Jul 2022, Mike Gilbert wrote: |
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> >> The snarkiness of Michał's comment left aside, in general "the name that |
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> >> you would use to present yourself to your colleagues" won't work. It is |
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> >> one of the examples in [1]: |
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> >> | 4. People have, at this point in time, one full name which they go by. |
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> >> | Not so, even in Western countries, where a woman may choose to retain |
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> >> | her unmarried name at work (where she is already known by that name), |
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> >> | and use her husband’s surname on social occasions, and even on legal |
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> >> | documents such as mortgages and loans. |
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> > So what's the problem? That people can have more than one "real name"? |
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> > Can't they just pick one? |
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> With the suggested new wording she would have to use the name by which |
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> she is known at work. That may not be the name she prefers otherwise. |
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The suggested wording uses that as an example. |