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Do you typically have to spell out your first name/last name for people?
#poll
First name not last name
First name and last name
Last name not first name
Neither
Other/complicated/etc
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Anonymous 4w

Yes cuz there are different variations

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Anonymous 4w

My legal first name I don’t have to spell, but the name I go by I do have to spell bc it’s a version of Ali (there’s like 6) but my last name I do spell

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Anonymous 4w

Mine can be sounded out, but there's double letters that confuse people

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Anonymous 4w

First and last not because theyre particularly hard or uncommon but bc people genuinely cant spell these days 🙃

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Anonymous 4w

no for first (legal) name sometimes to first nickname almost always for last name

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Anonymous 3w

Probably don’t have to but I do for courtesy anyway

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Anonymous 3w

Depends what country im in bcs my first name is in English and my last name is in Spanish, and neither is common in the other language

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