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    Conjecture

    People with long hardly-pronounceable names look for jobs longer.

    WDYT?

    #2
    Don't think so

    I think it's the other way round, unless you see awkward names as some sort of proxy for racism.

    Actually for most of my life I guess 1/3 of people manage to say my name wrong which is impressive, but not in a good way.
    My 12 year old is walking 26 miles for Cardiac Risk in the Young, you can sponsor him here

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      #3
      Originally posted by Dominic Connor View Post
      I think it's the other way round, unless you see awkward names as some sort of proxy for racism.

      Actually for most of my life I guess 1/3 of people manage to say my name wrong which is impressive, but not in a good way.
      I have told people how to spell my name and they have got it wrong.

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        #4
        When I was trying to find a childminder, I rang everyone on the list before the minder I ended up with, because I wasn't sure how to pronounce her name. If anyone else had vacancies, she wouldn't have got my business. Maybe that's why she did have vacancies. (She turned out to be an excellent minder despite her odd name!)

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          #5
          If I had a quid for every time I have had to spell my surname, I wouldn't be working.
          Never has a man been heard to say on his death bed that he wishes he'd spent more time in the office.

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            #6
            Originally posted by Dominic Connor View Post
            Actually for most of my life I guess 1/3 of people manage to say my name wrong which is impressive, but not in a good way.
            Smith,is that you matey?

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              #7
              Originally posted by mudskipper View Post
              When I was trying to find a childminder, I rang everyone on the list before the minder I ended up with, because I wasn't sure how to pronounce her name. If anyone else had vacancies, she wouldn't have got my business. Maybe that's why she did have vacancies. (She turned out to be an excellent minder despite her odd name!)
              Was her name a mixture of a flower and a point on the compass?
              Originally posted by Stevie Wonder Boy
              I can't see any way to do it can you please advise?

              I want my account deleted and all of my information removed, I want to invoke my right to be forgotten.

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                #8
                Originally posted by SimonMac View Post
                Was her name a mixture of a flower and a point on the compass?
                No it was a mixture of a plasticine figure and 'not very many'.

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                  #9
                  Originally posted by p3t3 View Post
                  People with long hardly-pronounceable names look for jobs longer.

                  WDYT?
                  You mean like bob shawadiwadi ?
                  How fortunate for governments that the people they administer don't think

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                    #10
                    Originally posted by SimonMac View Post
                    Was her name a mixture of a flower and a point on the compass?
                    lavendernorthbynortheast

                    Originally posted by mudskipper View Post
                    No it was a mixture of a plasticine figure and 'not very many'.
                    Morphew

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