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Re:Why Koreans ask what year you were born by dmoy on Wednesday June 11, 2025 @05:58PM (#44252278)
It is also used when there's name collision

If there's five people named John in the same class in school or the same team at work, it is not uncommon for all John to go by last name.

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Re:Why Koreans ask what year you were born by EarlKing on Thursday June 12, 2025 @12:27AM (#44254313)
In my circle usually people would either go by their middle name or they'd very quickly earn themselves a nickname... although now that I think about it we did use lastnames for some guys. Whatever works, really. Nobody was a stickler about how they were addressed.
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