Why Do People Use Names?

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Naming and Identity can shape a good portion of the person’s life. People are forever know by the name they are given and it can cause assumptions based on the name that was given to them. A way names can be used constructively is giving someone a name that doesn’t stand out too much but carries a certain sense of identity with it. Names like John, Anna, Anthony, Alexis, and Catherine all carry an image with them but they don’t stand out to the point of absurdity. A wrong way of using names would be to use something like Shithead (shi-thead) or North West. These names, while carrying a sense of identity, will open up people to not only ridicule through their school life but will make it hard for them in the future by causing employment issues from employers looking at their name and drawing a different image of who that person is. Names can seriously cripple or help someone depending on how it’s used. …show more content…

Curtailing the way you speak to someone to sound like them or the group can allow you to be a part of the ingroup but it must be done so carefully. Converging your speech to a black group and using the same words and phrases as they do before being a part of that ingroup can lead to disastrous consequences. They could range from your standing with them souring a little to them chasing you down the street in anger. That being said, the best way to converge your speech with someone would be to wait for the group to consider you one of their own. Using the black group again as an example if you wait to until they are consider you in the group and trust you can slowly curtail your speech to

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