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Originally Posted by 33girl
That's so ridiculous, and so offensive to us. It's implying that 1) we will only talk to people with "American" names 2) we wouldn't be able to understand their Indian names. There was a kid named Pradeep at my high school, and he sure as hell didn't go around calling himself "Pete." Don't lie to me - and it IS a lie - use your real name, or at least your real nickname!!
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Tangent alert: My husband's brother's name is Pedro. As in "Vote for Pedro", and yet my stepsister-in-law insisted on calling him Peter. WTF? Oh, and then she named her youngest kids Carlos Daniel and Alberto Alejandro. CRAZY. CRAZY.