I know that sometime people do forget the answer to a previously asked question but this is seriously getting to me. For the 3rd time in the past week just before we started our final exam of that day Sam sits there after the teacher asks "Does anyone have an important question they need answered before the exam, If not can you fill in the front of the exam." to which Sam put her hand up and asked "Miss, What does forename mean? I know what a first name and a surname is but what's a forename?" To which everyone in the class either sighed or started laughing. "Sam, it is your first name. It's a fancy word for first name." But, the main part of this is that a couple of yeas ago everyone in the year would have put their hands up and asked that question and not be laughed at due to it being a genuine question. But, now it seems to most people like it should be obvious by this age to know what forename means. So my question to you is; is it a stupid question being asked? Or is it a stupid word being used? They could have use a more accessible word like 'First name'. So what should they have used?
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