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LTK:
--- Quote from: Barmymoo on 11 Oct 2012, 14:46 ---No, it's not that I want to know their name - I want to know them as a person and find out whether I can trust them with my name. It is a gut feeling thing. My name is key to who I am and I don't want to just give it out to people.
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I guess I just don't see it that way, given that your name is just a collection of syllables chosen by your parents because they need something to refer to you by.
Although that reminds me of another random thought I had: How much does your name impact your life? Do people have prejudices connected to certain names, causing them to treat people with these names in a certain way? Do these prejudices shape the behavior of those with the prejudiced names in such a way that their personality starts to be linked with their name?
Papersatan:
yes. There are studies, I will try to find, which show that in the US having a "black" name means you get chosen less for job interviews even if you have and identical resume to someone with a "white" name.
nekowafer:
It makes me think of the "true name" thing in a lot of fantasy novels. For example, Dresden Files. If you know the true name of a being - human or otherwise - you have power over it.
jwhouk:
Naming something does not give you power over it.
ackblom12:
Actually, that's not entirely true. The moment a name is put to something, whether that's someone's actual name, nickname, a social movement or sexual preference, it changes the perceived nature of it. In that sense it very much does.
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