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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It is much, much worse for people with foreign names. Somehow Americans can, maybe after several tries, recognize that Elizabeth and Beth are the same person. But they have soooo much trouble making a similar connection between [long and complicated Nigerian or Thai name] that decided to go by "Ollie".[/quote]

Huh? No way. I totally got that Mo was the same as Mohammed. Or that my Chinese coworker is called Pearl (which is the actual translation of her name and she asked us to call her that). Both use their official names on their email address, but sign their names with the nickname.[/quote]
Yeah this isn’t that difficult. I’m a small business owner and have a lot of Asian clients whose real name is a traditional name but ask me to use an American name when speaking to or emailing them. When they pay invoices I certainly don’t get confused that Mei Hua wants to be called Madeline in person but the credit card she is going to use has her real given name printed on it. [/quote]

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