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Why do names get changed for other languages?

Asked by jaketheripper (2779points) December 20th, 2009

I don’t understand why if I am born in an English speaking country I would be named Peter but if I were in a Spanish speaking country I would be named Pedro. Yet if I went to a Spanish speaking country they would call me Peter anyway. I don’t get it. Why change an abstract word like a name to your culture? When did this start?

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