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TrickDacy@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

Have you asked yourself why you feel this way? Names literally exist to be used. No cultural norm I am aware of prohibits their use, other than it would be weird in limited contexts like if you called your parents by their names. But even that is not universal. A stranger using your name is not disrespectful in the least, so getting mad about that seems like a problem.

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Wildmimic@anarchist.nexus ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
Me and my siblings called our parents by their nicknames, which led to some confusion - my little sister told someone “I don’t have a mommy, i only have a <name>”.

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Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
there are absolutely norms that prevent their usage, but it’s one of those formality things that’s probably starting to become extinct these days.

Like how one would be expected to address nobility by their title, “your highness” or “m’lord”.

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gandalf_der_12te@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
IIRC in tibet people are given names when they enter puberty, so at 13 years age. before that they’re just called “child”.

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- dustyData@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
  Sorry, but, source?
  
  There’s nothing I can find that suggests this is true other that Tibetan names are usually regular nouns and usually given by Lamas to the family. But in general it seems kids are named on their third day by the Lama. Not at 13 years. There’s nothing to suggest that they’re just called child until puberty.
  
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  - gandalf_der_12te@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
    hmm maybe it was some other nearby country. i’m not sure anymore, will check later.
    
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- BryceBassitt@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
  That is so stupid
  
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- TrickDacy@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
  Interesting. So there are exceptions to what I said, but I think OP would’ve mentioned it if that applied here.
  
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