On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 8:21 AM, Tor Arntsen <tor@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 14/01/2011 17:13, Erik Faye-Lund wrote:
>
>> I think Tor pointed out that he knew a swede with his full legal name
>> to be only one letter long. I would suppose that meant that he didn't
>> have a surename?
>
> Exactly. He didn't. Bank printouts etc. would only have that single
> letter, he didn't use a nickname - that letter was his legal name.
>
> As for the rest of the world - I don't think the first name/last name combo
> (almost) everyone in the west use is necessarily a universal rule.
Quite frankly, I'd suggest that person then use "The letter 'G'" as
his/her git name.
git names aren't "legal names". They are for informational purposes.
And a single letter just isn't informational.
Linus
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