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thanatropism on Nov 9, 2019 | parent | context | favorite | on: My name causes an issue with any booking

A simpler case is Hispanic surnames. Suppose I'm writer Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra. From airline tickets to name tags in networking/speaking engagement programs, I show up as Miguel Saavedra. But I'm Cervantes.

I'm not Cervantes and I suppose I'm a little patriarchal, but I'm very proud of my dad's achievements and wear his name (whenever they let me) with pride.

mcpeepants on Nov 9, 2019 [–]

Also with a name like "Firstname Last Name" I love having my initials show up in software as "FN"

plibither8 on Nov 10, 2019 | [–]

Telegram does this in chat icons and it's very annoying.

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