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    Diversions

    Jun 04, 2021 4 minutes

    NOTES & QUERIES

    Game of the name won’t mend your trousers

    Do people’s names affect their personality?

    I’m not sure, but in college in Oregon I lived in a house with five Sarahs. Confusing when people phoned: “Which Sarah? ” “The Sarah in my Spanish class. ” Three of us took Spanish. But fun! Twice in my life I’ve had dear friends named Sarah and the shared name made us even closer.

    Sarah Klenbort Toowong, Queensland, Australia

    • Well, I asked Taylor Swift to alter a pair of trousers for me three weeks ago and she still hasn’t done it, so no.

    Decdub via theguardian.com

    • My name is Brian and I am a boring, middle-class, middle-aged

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