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   chjara is here now (chjara@meow.tuxcrafting.online)'s status on Monday, 24-Jul-2023 09:02:41 JST chjara is here now

   yeah stuff that asks for your full name is bad but what about stuff that asks for, precisely, your first and last name, both fields are mandatory as well as length and charset limited

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     Haelwenn /элвэн/ :triskell: (lanodan@queer.hacktivis.me)'s status on Monday, 24-Jul-2023 09:02:40 JST Haelwenn /элвэн/ :triskell:

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     @chjara https://www.kalzumeus.com/2010/06/17/falsehoods-programmers-believe-about-names/
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     Haelwenn /элвэн/ :triskell: (lanodan@queer.hacktivis.me)'s status on Monday, 24-Jul-2023 09:08:01 JST Haelwenn /элвэн/ :triskell:

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     • Haelwenn /элвэн/ :triskell:
     @chjara
     > pronunciation information is used for sorting Japanese names
     
     Japanese really is the Dark Souls of languages.
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     La Ursidinoj (Bjornsdottirs) (ellenor2000@mastodon.top)'s status on Monday, 24-Jul-2023 09:20:30 JST La Ursidinoj (Bjornsdottirs)

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     • Haelwenn /элвэн/ :triskell:

     @lanodan @chjara Doesn't hold a candle to the inscrutable horribleness of English.

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     Haelwenn /элвэн/ :triskell: (lanodan@queer.hacktivis.me)'s status on Monday, 24-Jul-2023 09:20:30 JST Haelwenn /элвэн/ :triskell:

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     • La Ursidinoj (Bjornsdottirs)
     @ellenor2000 @chjara Well UK also has a lot of arguably non-English names from Welsh, Scots, Cornish, …