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Debbie Liu's avatar

This is a great explanation of the importance of names and identity. As an Australian, i always get frustrated with my compatriots lazy way of anglicizing names, as your friend Nahuel experienced. Even on the phone to govt departments etc I ask for people's names and if I am unfamiliar with it, ask am i pronouncing it correctly. Names are so important. We do curate our identities in different cultures, to be sure.

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Maria Pia's avatar

Hi Debbie, I agree with you that names are much more important than we sometimes think. Thank you for asking people on the phone if you are pronouncing it correctly. As an immigrant myself, I can tell you it means a lot :)

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Debbie Liu's avatar

I think it's SO important. Why should people change their names? Australia has become more of a society in which people feel free to keep their actual names, I think it's great.

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