diasporic on Nostr: It's petty. It's not like someone changing their own name. (personal naming customs ...
It's petty.
It's not like someone changing their own name.
(personal naming customs is a really interesting sidetrack:
Everyone born in Mexico gets two last names which gives one a bit of flexibility as to what one calls oneself in public.
Also, nicknames are very important—you may know someone for decades and never learn their legal name.
Last anecdote: in contrast to the US, UK and EU, it's complex and rather uncommon for someone to legally change their own name in Mexico.)
Anyhow, the whole "I Decree You Shall Henceforth Say 'Gulf of Mexico'" is pathetic. I think kids these days would say "cringe". It's real Trumperor's New Clothes cringe.
It's not like someone changing their own name.
(personal naming customs is a really interesting sidetrack:
Everyone born in Mexico gets two last names which gives one a bit of flexibility as to what one calls oneself in public.
Also, nicknames are very important—you may know someone for decades and never learn their legal name.
Last anecdote: in contrast to the US, UK and EU, it's complex and rather uncommon for someone to legally change their own name in Mexico.)
Anyhow, the whole "I Decree You Shall Henceforth Say 'Gulf of Mexico'" is pathetic. I think kids these days would say "cringe". It's real Trumperor's New Clothes cringe.