A linguistics lecturer of mine said that names are such compelling things that almost everyone on the planet has one, and that not giving someone a name or refusing to use their correct name, is a very powerful way of denying someone their personhood. IOW, it makes them a non-person.
Since then, I've always been very careful to use people's correct names, no matter what their reasons for choosing or using them.
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Date: 2007-12-19 09:05 pm (UTC)Since then, I've always been very careful to use people's correct names, no matter what their reasons for choosing or using them.