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Originally Posted by Paul
.. or a case of simply reading somethign that wasnt said. 
All he said was "a surprising amount" not the Top 30/50/100. |
That’s the challenge with "woolly" generalisms - to me, a "surprising amount" would mean a substantial impression in the top 30/50/100 names; to others, it means one of their friends/family called their child Sam (and that interpretation could be subject to confirmation bias, as I know quite a few Kims, Cameron’s, & Morgan’s, but they are friends of my children, who are in their 30s, so the proposition is unlikely to be true for them…).
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Originally Posted by Russ
I'm pretty biased here as I'm a proud Ally but pronouns don't really harm anyone.
It doesn't hurt you or affect your life in any way if someone wants to be referred to as "them" or by a pronoun which is different to what you'd immediately assume.
You may make a few errors the first few times you get used to it but just try your best to get it right.
I have a friend who for over 30 years was called Darren but now wants to be called Danielle. I occasionally get it wrong as Darren was the name I used for 3 decades but she understands that and I get it right far more often than wrong.
Just be kind.
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Originally Posted by Sephiroth
The top boy’s name might raise a few eyebrows.
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Not if you understand why….
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/...me-in-britain/
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In Islamic culture, there is a relative small number of names to choose from, and the practice of naming your first child after the Islamic prophet is fairly widespread. This means that a baby boy born to an Muslim family is far more likely to be called Mohammed or a variant on it than a Christian boy is likely to be named Oliver (using the name Jesus is rare in most English-speaking countries).
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