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I'm trying to say: "I wish I had a shorter family name, so spelling it would be less time consuming." The AI suggests the variant with "in Anspruch" sounds more most natural / more conversational, and that the other one, without "in Anspruch" sounds more formal. My nonsense detector is buzzing loudly. Could you please help me make sense of this (silly) feedback? These are the two variants I have,…

I'm trying to say: "I wish I had a shorter family name, so spelling it would be less time consuming."

The AI suggests the variant with "in Anspruch" sounds more most natural / more conversational, and that the other one, without "in Anspruch" sounds more formal. My nonsense detector is buzzing loudly. Could you please help me make sense of this (silly) feedback?

These are the two variants I have, so far:

- "Ich wünschte, ich hätte einen kürzeren Nachnamen, dann würde das Buchstabieren...

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