Miss Manners: I keep encountering this grammar mistake and I don’t get why

Dear Miss Manners: When meeting people — job interviews, the doctor’s office, the bank, or just meeting new people socially — I have encountered an idiosyncrasy that bothers me. When coming face-to-face with someone for the first time, I have often been asked, “What was your name?”

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