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I would think Alexander would think of himself with the name he first learned and responded to as a child; likely this was what his mother called him on a daily basis, I would guess that is where t...
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2019-12-19T22:13:41Z (almost 5 years ago)
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#3: Attribution notice added
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2019-12-08T11:10:09Z (almost 5 years ago)
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#2: Initial revision
I would think Alexander would think of himself with the name he first learned and responded to as a child; likely this was what his mother called him on a daily basis, I would guess that is where the "Sasha" comes from. However, were I writing, the narrator would use "Alex", for brevity in reading and being slightly less intimate than "Sasha". I feel that distance is important: I don't feel like a narrator should present like his _friend_, to me ruling out "Sasha" and "Xander", but then again the narrator will be talking about him a great deal, and would likely resort to a shortened version of his full first name; hence "Alex" instead of "Alexander" (or something even longer and more formal).
#1: Imported from external source
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2019-03-05T23:59:24Z (over 5 years ago)
Original score: 3