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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