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6-year-old girl denied passport because she’s named after ‘Game of Thrones’ character (nypost.com)

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[–] DarkCloud@lemmy.world 35 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (22 children)

The name Wendy didn't exist until the book Peterpan. Every part of language is made up, even the names.

[–] Sertou@lemmy.world 9 points 3 months ago

That's just not so. J.M. Barrie's book popularized Wendy as a girls name, but it predates the book by centuries.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wendy

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