My Name Is...

Welcome to New Albion, whatever your name is!

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[Foreboding orchestral music]
[Gustav Holst: Mars, the Bringer of War]
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[Music]
[Elgar: Pomp and Circumstance (Land of Hope and Glory)]
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This is New Albion on Mars
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Colonists may have diverse heritages.
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While we work quite hard to ensure heritage
does not conflict with opportunity,
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we also try to accommodate
expressions of heritage.
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One way Earth nations get this wrong is
to force citizens to
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record their names in foreign
- to them - alphabets.
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Another is enforcing 'name order' rules
such as given-name-first on
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people of East Asian heritage.
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At New Albion we do our best to support
heritage-reflecting identity.
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The New Albion Identity Record provides a
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public entry for each colonist,
consisting of at least the following fields:
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'Identifier' - meaning-free alphanumeric
identification code.
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'Full name' - your official name,
so far as Unicode can represent it.
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'Full name anglicised' - your name
written in the English alphabet.
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'Full name phonetic' - pronunciation in
International Phonetic Alphabet
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'Full name example' - audio clip of
someone speaking your name
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'Salutation anglicised' - what a polite
stranger should call you
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'Casual name anglicised' - how to
address you casually
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A New Albion colonist's identity entry
should always be linked in documents.
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A colonist's full name should always appear
at least once in a document,
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even if anglicised versions
are used otherwise.
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If in doubt how a person's name is
pronounced, ask them!
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They should indicate their Identity
Entry so you can get it right.
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Welcome to New Albion, whatever your name is!
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[Dissonant clashing orchestral music]
[Gustav Holst: Mars, the Bringer of War]
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[orchestral music continues]