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People should be able to name their own babies.

I disagree. I think persons should name themselves. But, I understand there are practicalities that require some name to be assigned by outsiders at least until the person can talk.

For things that aren’t conscious or are incapable of speech, I think we collectively assign a name. I’m fine giving higher weight to the name chosen by the “creator” or “discover”, but I’m not fine with giving them veto power / final cut.

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Wolf@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
Did you know Dr. Seuss name is actually pronounced more like Zoyce or Soice (rhymes with voice, not moose)? And he wanted people to pronounce it correctly?

I’m actually usually unconcerned by how people pronounce things, but I think taking a man’s own name away goes a bit far.

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- bss03@infosec.pub ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
  I did know that. I don’t recall pronouncing it incorrectly since learning that fact, but I don’t talk about those books or their author frequently.
  
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  - Wolf@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
    Oops, I worded that funky. I didn’t mean to accuse you of doing that, just talking about people in general.
    
    I just think it’s an interesting fact.
    
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