In South Korea it's actually against the law for children to be given names longer than 5 syllables.
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I don't know about legality, but most forms online in Japan accept 4 characters at most for family name; the vast majority of people have two characters with one and three being less common. Okinawa, I think has the highest instance of 4-character surnames, but I may be wrong on that.
7 0 ReplyI was living in Seoul many (many) moons ago. I remember all forms having three character spaces each for first and last names. Fun times squeezing in a standard western ten-twenty latin character names. Even transliterated to hangul my name wouldn't fit. It was always a small thrill if the person behind the counter would look terrified and accept it without question or get pissy and refuse it without mercy.
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22 8 ReplyThat's a really dumb name, but we can shorten it to Les
10 1 ReplyLinguistic prescriptivism disgusts me.
15 9 ReplyDismissal of context and nuance for intentionally less comprehensive and accurate communication disgusts me.
13 3 ReplyYou'll be okay. We all have our pet peeves, and none of us can expect the world to abide by them.
6 3 ReplyPeople who use words like "prescriptivism" to sneer at others disgust me.
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Your not going to point out they're mistakes.
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What, you can't remember and pronounce Bartholomew Chungus Gingersnap the Third off the top of your head?
9 0 ReplyJust call me Big Chungus
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A friend from highschool had a kinda long name...so naturally we kept adding to it and he's still in my contacts as that long-ass name.
6 0 ReplyI've got a similar thing in my phone too lol
I've considered changing her name but it's muscle memory now so I can't change it
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Is your name not Bruce? That could cause confusion!"
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7 0 ReplyAs the wearer of a 3-syllable name, I'm okay with this.
7 0 ReplySpitting image is 4 syllables, though, unless the I is silent or something...
3 1 ReplyI usually drop the consonants and pronounce it as a scream.
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Lmao, my name is 4 syllables and whenever I introduce myself it's 50/50 whether I get 'Oh what a pretty name' or 'cool, what can we shorten it to?'
5 0 ReplyHad a Nathaniel in my school, was either called Nat or Fanny.
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I don't think "Jennifer" is that hard to pronounce...
3 0 ReplySorry, got tongue-tied with a crazy name like that. How about Jen?
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I've got a 2 syllables name which usually is shortened to one. (Sasha -> Sha)
It's so common that I tense up when someone uses the full version xD
3 0 ReplyIt means you're in trouble, Sasha.
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