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Miss Manners: People keep telling me my name is ‘different’ and I don’t know how to respond
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Miss Manners: People keep telling me my name is ‘different’ and I don’t know how to respond

A reader with an unusual first name struggles to respond when new acquaintances comment that their name is “different” rather than offering a compliment.

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