I wonder if it's related to the way we use names in general. It used to be that people were routinely referred to by their surnames. "Johnson did this, Smith did that."
Now, we tend not to do that quite so much. Maybe we use pronouns more instead, at least in written English.
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Date: 2010-12-18 02:42 pm (UTC)Now, we tend not to do that quite so much. Maybe we use pronouns more instead, at least in written English.