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I read a piece by Leslie Dunkling once, where he was talking about the effects that various names could have on people. One example, which he admitted was an invention, was a man who was going on a blind date with someone he thought was a Madeleine, and he stood on the street corner, dreaming about her beauty, until to his horror he saw a Mad Lynn coming towards him, and he fled.

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If you ever visit South Africa, you'd better bring earplugs. Here, it's typically pronounced (by Afrikaans speakers, OK, but they're the ones who typically use it) mah-duh-LANE.