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I had tea with an Astrid last Saturday! She's partly Scandinavian by descent, and her elder sister is Ingrid, but there's no Nordic link any more; their parents just liked the names and the nod to family tradition. She has never had any difficulty with it ... I suppose the issue could be that what we call an arse, Americans call an ass! (Though we do use 'ass' as in 'silly ass!' and that potential problem has never arisen for my friend either.)