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America’s most (and least) popular names. Posted by on Jan 30, 2014

Learning how to tell someone your name, “Hello. My name is ______________”, is often one of the first lessons people learn in English. This lesson is followed quickly by learning how to ask someone else what their name is, “What is your name?” Obviously names are very important. They are part of who we are…

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What is in a name? Posted by on Jan 31, 2012

Yesterday I wrote a blog post about “the average Joe” and in that post I mentioned* how often the name ‘Joe’ is used in America to refer to an average or normal person or sometimes it is used to generically to refer to a person whose name you don’t know.  I also mentioned that Joe…

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