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Re:A real case of Bobby Tables? by chrisdhoover on Monday December 04, 2023 @12:26PM (#38520136)
My name is often truncated
Re:A real case of Bobby Tables? by eclipticplane on Monday December 04, 2023 @01:49PM (#38521317)
Mine gets munged with my first name and middle initial happening to form a different name anywhere where names get smashed together -- like plane tickets. Think 'ADRIAN A' vs 'ADRIANA'.
Re:A real case of Bobby Tables? by singlow on Monday December 04, 2023 @02:59PM (#38522334)
We need you to capitalize that, Mr. Often Truncated.
Re:A real case of Bobby Tables? by joemi on Monday December 04, 2023 @06:08PM (#38524518)
Same. My last name is 11 characters which is a little long but not that crazy, and my first and middle name are extremely common English names, and yet I can't often fit my full name in places that need it. Usually the issue is on paper forms (especially ones that have specific boxes for characters, which are usually the most important/official ones!), but it's also caused issues in various places on the web and in computer systems before.