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I do not like it as it is one of the few names I can't pronounce at the best of times. It feels very clunky on my tongue and I have to make a huge effort to separate the two syllables "SIIIID-ney" it usually comes out as "Cindy" "Sin'ny if I'm not making a strained effort. This is in part because I had a speech impediment as a child and it's one of the few words I haven't overcome so I just avoid using it when I can. I also suspect it's just a word midwestern Americans struggle with sometimes in general as well as a regional thing. (See Peter Pronounced as Pe-der for reference) I even had a coworker named Sydney once and it was such a hassle for me to try I came to just calling her "my dear" instead and thankfully she didn't mind and thought it was just out of affection. Maybe that makes me a bad person but it is what it is I guess.

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This message was edited 3/27/2021, 10:15 AM