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Is it acceptable to use the Jacobean names of books, people, and places?

It's not offensive to use the proper names commonly used in English. It's fine. The language of discourse on Mi Yodeya is English, which presents an inherent challenge when dealing with terms, ...
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Is it acceptable to use the Jacobean names of books, people, and places?

It's not offensive to use variant names, no. (Except "old testament" -- that one's offensive to a lot of people.) There are currently 989 posts containing "Moses" and 460 containing "Deuteronomy", ...
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Is it acceptable to use the Jacobean names of books, people, and places?

In my experience those names are used quite often around here without complaint. If they work for you, go right ahead. It might even be preferred to use them if they aren't that obscure, based on our ...
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