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Re:My name causes an issue with any booking by andai on Saturday November 09, 2019 @11:07PM (#21496338)
What’s this? A name that changes when you are talking to someone directly? In some Slavic languages this happens.
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Re:My name causes an issue with any booking by thaumasiotes on Sunday November 10, 2019 @02:55AM (#21496973)
Usually the name would change according to the full rules of noun inflection in whatever language. In Latin, a noun has 6 cases, of which vocative (indicating direct address to the noun) is one.
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Re:My name causes an issue with any booking by thefringthing on Monday November 11, 2019 @10:28AM (#21505568)
Irish has a vocative case that can modify names, and is an official language of a UN member state.
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