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> I'm named|called Steven

It is perfectly normal to use phrasing such as that in some languages apart from English. While not common in English, I think generally it makes more sense this way.



The point was that those are forbidden in E-prime, (they have "am" in them).


Bah. You can see it is ingrained in me.

I meant instead "I call myself ______ ", which is common in Spanish, for example, and other languages.


One could say "I call myself Stephen", but does make it sound like there's something a little weird going on upstairs.


Well, it would sound as if you are literally translating another language. And people may find you weird.




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