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gogetenks123 t1_iw1pcji wrote

Reply to comment by BRUISE_WILLIS in The effect of the First World War on names, in France [OC] by bjco

French is extremely fun because of this. I absolutely enjoy filling forms that start with “Nom” (name) with my first or even my full name only for the next form item to be “Prénom” (first name).

Totally doesn’t happen every single time no sir.

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Stahlios t1_iw1xwzh wrote

Me, a French that has lived in France his whole life, messing up everytime too

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[deleted] t1_iw28tso wrote

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Stahlios t1_iw29591 wrote

Yeah because sometimes you just have one "Nom" and you're expected to write both name / first name, sometimes you have "Nom" first then "Prénom", sometimes "Prénom" first then "Nom".

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BeerMeAlready t1_iw1z7yx wrote

Same in germany. I hate this. I also sometimes just fill in the last name, just to realize it's just one "Name" field and I was supposed to put the full name (first and last)

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eklatea t1_iw2s6b5 wrote

it's not like we have a word that makes it clear that it's the last name. That'd be ridiculous

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