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On 9/28/2017 5:56 AM, S Viemeister wrote:
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> On 9/27/2017 4:24 PM, Bruce wrote:
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>> In the Netherlands, parents sometimes give children "exotic" names
>> they don't know how to pronounce. They'll call their girl Priscilla
>> and pronounce the "c" as a "k".
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> A woman whose nephew's name was pronounced 'Eye-Ann', once corrected me
> on the pronunciation of my son's name. The boy's parents were looking
> for a name beginning with 'I', and found 'Ian' in a book of baby names...


Now that's funny! Even I know how to pronounce Ian!

Jill