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Re:China’s property giant Evergrande files for bankruptcy pr... by satvikpendem on Friday August 18, 2023 @02:54AM (#37172170)
I wonder how nominative determinism works across languages. Given enough languages and names, one is bound to come up with any number of people whose life is nominatively determined.
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Re:China’s property giant Evergrande files for bankruptcy pr... by abwizz on Friday August 18, 2023 @02:57AM (#37172180)
not unlike star signs
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Re:China’s property giant Evergrande files for bankruptcy pr... by satvikpendem on Friday August 18, 2023 @03:00AM (#37172203)
Indeed, so not worth taking seriously. ND is a fun little observation though, when it does happen from time to time.
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Re:China’s property giant Evergrande files for bankruptcy pr... by Tade0 on Friday August 18, 2023 @06:18AM (#37173623)
I have an uncommon name for someone of my generation and the net effect is that people would often take me for someone more sophisticated than I am in reality.
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