No more "Christian name, sir?" in Kent, UK
Joel S. Berson
Berson at ATT.NET
Sat Mar 27 23:39:06 UTC 2010
At 3/27/2010 07:59 AM, Judy Prince wrote:
>"First name" works nicely.
But, like "forename", not for the traditional Chinese and several
other cultures (when they're giving their name in answer to being
questioned in English).
Joel
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