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Re:My name is only real enough to work at Facebook, not to u... by DanBC on Sunday November 08, 2015 @05:02AM (#10528098)
I think you underestimate how common it is for people to use names other than on their birth certificates, passports or marriage certificates.
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Re:My name is only real enough to work at Facebook, not to u... by thaumasiotes on Sunday November 08, 2015 @12:23PM (#10529067)
On the contrary, I am friends with such a person. We've talked about it.

Actually, I am friends with many such people, if you count Chinese people using English names. There is a mode where I don't know any part of a Chinese person's name, but there's no mode where I know their personal name but not their surname.

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