Comment on Is it weird that I cringe whenever someone calls my name and I avoid using peoples names when talking to them?

grammaticerror@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

I wonder how much of this has to do with the fact that most of us don’t chose the name we have? I’ve met people whom simply do not “look like” their name. It feels strange to refer to them by something that feels…other. I imagine this is why some cultures allow people to move through names as their lives go on. If we were given the space to emerge as a name, one embodied and truly ours, I think this phenomenon would be lessened.

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