On Tue, Jul 12, 2022 at 12:37 PM Ulrich Mueller <u...@gentoo.org> wrote:
>
> >>>>> On Tue, 12 Jul 2022, Mike Gilbert wrote:
>
> >> The snarkiness of Michał's comment left aside, in general "the name that
> >> you would use to present yourself to your colleagues" won't work. It is
> >> one of the examples in [1]:
> >>
> >> | 4. People have, at this point in time, one full name which they go by.
> >> | Not so, even in Western countries, where a woman may choose to retain
> >> | her unmarried name at work (where she is already known by that name),
> >> | and use her husband’s surname on social occasions, and even on legal
> >> | documents such as mortgages and loans.
>
> > So what's the problem? That people can have more than one "real name"?
> > Can't they just pick one?
>
> With the suggested new wording she would have to use the name by which
> she is known at work. That may not be the name she prefers otherwise.

The suggested wording uses that as an example.

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