First names

[David Bergdahl]

I find all of the comments re: first names surprising b/c the phenomenon has
been going on for 30+ years and is so well entrenched in our culture that
it's almost hard for me to recall when I was treated with the linguistics
tokens of familiarity from people I've never met.
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"Raffiniert ist der Herr Gott, aber Boshaft ist er nicht"
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