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1. www.psychologytoday.com › us › blogName-Calling: Thirteen Myths You’ll Be Relieved to Debunk

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   • You don’t name-call: Of course you do! When you say that someone is kind, male, a Christian, a badass, a gent, a Warriors fan, a CPA, realtor or doctor, you’re name-calling.
   • People hate to be called names: We love a label that makes it easy for people to recognize us. We even dress to be stereotyped like that, sending social mating calls to like-minded people and people who could use a person like us.
   • Negative name-calling is always bad: Is it OK to call Stalin an evil man? A con artist who has ripped off everyone on your block a con artist? Should you call a pedophile a pedophile?
   • Name-callers are bad people so you can ignore what they say: “Name-caller” is a name. If someone calls you a name-caller, they’re a name-caller.

2. hbr.org › 2022 › 01Why Getting Someone’s Name Right Matters

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   Jan 11, 2022 · Casually anglicizing names is not only disrespectful of people’s cultural heritage and traditions — it is also disrespectful of them. Here’s how to get better at pronouncing names.

   • Author: Rajat Panwar

3. www.theatlantic.com › technology › archiveWhy Do People Hate Hyphenated Names? - The Atlantic

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   Jan 2, 2024 · Among men, the practice is even less common. The Pew survey found that fewer than 1 percent of men who marry women choose to hyphenate their names, while 5 percent take their wife’s name...

4. www.suzannewhitby.com › whats-in-a-name-whyWhat’s in a name? Why getting people’s names right is part of ...

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   Oct 5, 2020 · Not bothering to remember someone’s name or continually pronouncing it incorrectly, or worse, using a name that they dislike (nicknames they didn’t choose, for example) tells people that you don’t value or respect them.

5. www.bbc.com › worklife › articleWhy getting a name right matters - BBC

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   Aug 1, 2024 · The care we take to get names right is increasingly under scrutiny as Kamala Harris enters the 2024 presidential race. What message do we send when we get them wrong?

6. www.zmescience.com › mixing-people-namesWhy we mix people’s names: science says it’s because you ...

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   Jan 31, 2024 · The phenomenon of mixing up names isn’t new. Historical anecdotes are replete with tales of people, from scholars to kings, accidentally swapping names. Initially, these mix-ups were...

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   Why do people mix up names?

   • The phenomenon of mixing up names isn’t new. Historical anecdotes are replete with tales of people, from scholars to kings, accidentally swapping names. Initially, these mix-ups were often attributed to distraction or lack of attention.

   Why we mix people's names: science says it's because you might care

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   Why do people hate to be called names?

   • Myth 2: People hate to be called names: We love a label that makes it easy for people to recognize us. We even dress to be stereotyped like that, sending social mating calls to like-minded people and people who could use a person like us. Self-flattery is self-name-calling. “I’m a nice guy” is name calling.

   Name-Calling: Thirteen Myths You’ll Be Relieved to Debunk

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   Why do people misuse names?

   • Sometimes misusing names, especially when it comes to shortening them, is a tool that people use to attempt to forge an “instant” connection. Perhaps this is because people genuinely feel a connection and want to show it.

   What’s in a name? Why getting people’s names right is part of effective

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   Is it normal to mix people's names?

   • It's perfectly normal to mix the names of loved ones. It's called a cognitive glitch. Though this might sometimes be embarrassing, a new study suggests mixing up people’s names is completely normal and by no means a sign of bad memory or aging. In fact, it may be something deeply ingrained in our brains. AI-generated image (DALL-E 3).

   Why we mix people's names: science says it's because you might care

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   Are naming mistakes common?

   • So she, and her colleagues, Cassidy Fox, Christin Ogle, and senior researcher David Rubin, did a survey of 1,700 men and women of different ages, and she found that naming mistakes are very common. Most everyone sometimes mixes up the names of family and friends. Their findings were published in the journal Memory & Cognition.

   The Brain Scrambles Names Of People You Love : Shots - NPR

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   Why do people forget their names?

   • Focus on the other person: the main reason we forget people’s names is that we’re not paying attention or we don’t make it a priority. Make eye contact, be present, focus, and really listen when they tell you their name. This allows you to try it out and make sure that you’re saying it correctly. For example, “Hi Jessica, nice to meet you.”

   What’s in a name? Why getting people’s names right is part of effective

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8. www.npr.org › sections › health-shotsWhen The Brain Scrambles Names, It's Because You Love Them - NPR

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   Jan 16, 2017 · Most everyone sometimes mixes up the names of family and friends. Their findings were published in the journal Memory & Cognition. "It's a normal cognitive glitch," Deffler says. It's not related...