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Re:Mobilewalla used cellphone data to estimate the demograph... by chipgap98 on Friday June 26, 2020 @01:08PM (#23654312)
I wonder if this is an example of nominative determinism[0]

[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nominative_determinism

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Re:Mobilewalla used cellphone data to estimate the demograph... by abhgh on Friday June 26, 2020 @09:35PM (#23658826)
"Datta" as a surname (Indian origin) has a very different meaning[0] - "granted". Time for a stronger theory I suppose, "nominative determinism holds across homonyms" :-)

[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutta

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Re:Mobilewalla used cellphone data to estimate the demograph... by kirubakaran on Friday June 26, 2020 @11:42PM (#23659359)
My favorite is Andrej Kar-path-y.

I also wish Gene Hackman had become a CRISPR scientist, not an actor.

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Re:Mobilewalla used cellphone data to estimate the demograph... by triceratops on Friday June 26, 2020 @04:38PM (#23656755)
It's not an English surname though.
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Re:Mobilewalla used cellphone data to estimate the demograph... by mc32 on Friday June 26, 2020 @04:44PM (#23656817)
That’s true but they may have grown up with English or at least studied in university where English was spoken.
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