Submitted by bjco t3_ysedll in dataisbeautiful
SurroundingAMeadow t1_iw2bdzo wrote
Reply to comment by lady_lilitou in The effect of the First World War on names, in France [OC] by bjco
My father-in-law comes from a long line of men sharing the same first name. His mother didn't love the trend, but respected the family wishes, so she and everybody else just called him by the nickname common for his middle name (which she otherwise would've used as his first). Now if anybody calls looking for somebody by his first name they assume it's spam because nobody who actually knows him calls him that.
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