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In response to "we have a woman on our sales team named "rachele." you say that "RA-shell," right? nope. plain old "RAY-chell."" by judge indianapolis jones

This is why, in general, I oppose nonstandard spellings of names. You curse the child to a lifetime of correcting people. -- nm

Posted by St. Louis BaronHawks (aka BaronWasteland) Mar 9 '23, 07:24

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Sure now you do. Thanks dad! -- nm - spamlette Mar 9, 08:56
I love the people that have non-standard spellings and then get upset when people misspell their name. -- nm - spamlet Mar 9, 07:48 5
- For many years I'd be upset when other people had my name. Then Harry fell in love :) I still get various spellings and pronounciations. - Meg Mar 9, 07:54 3
  - I have a standard spelling of a short, not uncommon name and it gets misspelled *all the time* -- nm - spamlet Mar 9, 08:08 2
    - HOW? -- nm - Andie Mar 9, 08:28 1
      - Right? KURCK I think was my all time favorite. -- nm - spamlet Mar 9, 08:48
- non-standard compared to what? the last 100 years or the last 500 years? - hollywood big shot Mar 9, 07:53

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