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Old Dec 05, 2019, 11:27 PM
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Originally Posted by atisketatasket View Post
I have an older gentleman—early 70s—who audits my language seminars most semesters. Usually he gives me some small gift at the end as a thank you.

Today he gave me one of his novels (self-published) and a card. The card is addressed to “Professor ATAT (last name).” The book is inscribed “for my beautiful ATAT (first name). Love...” Huh? Did he inscribe the book initially to some other ATAT and then not give it to her? Why the difference?
Is your name very common? My first is extremely common in the place i live but not anywhere else. But a book you have written is a very personal gift but the difference between card and book is weird
Thanks for this!
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