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Re:Mastodon for Metalheads by samatman on Tuesday February 05, 2019 @07:05AM (#19084559)
That’s an unfortunate name collision everywhere.

I know three women, all over 30, who chose the name Isis, and a kid who was given it and goes by Tara now.

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Re:Mastodon for Metalheads by reitanqild on Tuesday February 05, 2019 @08:41AM (#19085144)
It was also meant to be the name of a major ElementaryOS release IIRC.
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Re:Mastodon for Metalheads by pmyteh on Tuesday February 05, 2019 @09:22AM (#19085486)
The River Thames through Oxford is locally known as the Isis, so there are dozens of businesses called things like the 'Isis Guest House'. Many of them have rebranded.
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Re:Mastodon for Metalheads by hasloi on Tuesday February 05, 2019 @07:30AM (#19084682)
Isis is also the name of an ancient Egyptian goddess.
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Re:Mastodon for Metalheads by kbenson on Tuesday February 05, 2019 @09:58AM (#19085788)
I imagine it's a recurring problem. There were probably some people named Hitler in the 40's that faced the same problem. I imagine Adolf too, to a much lesser degree.
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