Post 743303 by unstuckdev@mastodon.social
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 (DIR) Post #742987 by baldur@toot.cafe
       2018-10-24T20:45:05Z
       
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       For some reason non-Icelanders have a really hard time with my name. Seen incredible variations on both my first and last name. And many of them from people who have only seen my name in writing and don’t have the ‘didn’t understand the pronunciation’ excuse.
       
 (DIR) Post #743286 by unstuckdev@mastodon.social
       2018-10-24T20:56:52Z
       
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       @baldur I'd probably mes it up. For example, I don't know if the j is silent. And then there's the a and u in Baldur...Pronunciation is a very localized phenomenon. I can't even get people to spell my name right in my own state.
       
 (DIR) Post #743299 by unstuckdev@mastodon.social
       2018-10-24T20:57:10Z
       
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       @baldur I'd probably mes it up. For example, I don't know if the j is silent. And then there's the a and u in Baldur...Language is a very localized phenomenon. I can't even get people to spell my name right in my own state.
       
 (DIR) Post #743303 by unstuckdev@mastodon.social
       2018-10-24T20:57:21Z
       
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       @baldur I'd probably mess it up. For example, I don't know if the j is silent. And then there's the a and u in Baldur...Language is a very localized phenomenon. I can't even get people to spell my name right in my own state.
       
 (DIR) Post #743350 by baldur@toot.cafe
       2018-10-24T20:59:16Z
       
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       @unstuckdev I should have been clear that with 'mess it up' I mean that they misspell it. All  the time. Even if they have it in writing in front of them that they can copy-paste.I'm fine with mispronunciations. That's just part and parcel of living with different language cultures.