25 September 2023 - first names

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Dynastic rulers are known by the first name, because the family name is stuck. It's especially honorable when they use the same first name over and over. Who wouldn't want to be Henry VIII? It's grand and impressive! And yet, somehow, counterintuitively, @johnpaul33550336 is no good.

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