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I HAVE BEEN WONDERING ALL MY LIFE ABOUT THE ORIGIN OF MY NAME. ELEVEN OR TWELVE YEARS BEFORE I WAS BORN (B-DATE 1970), MY MOTHER CAME ACROSS MY NAME ON A T.V. PROGRAM. MY MOTHER INSISTS THAT THE GIRL ON THE PROGRAM SPELLED OUT HER NAME "DEJUNE" ON A CHALKBOARD AND PRONOUNCED IT "DUH-WAH-NUH." MY NAME CONFOUNDS ABOUT 99% OF THE PEOPLE I MEET BECAUSE IT DOESN'T HINGE ON TRADITIONAL PHONETICS. MOST PEOPLE SEE IT AND PRONOUNCE IT AS "DEE-JOON." I HAVE TO ADMIT THAT EVEN WHEN I LOOK AT MY NAME I SEE "DEE-JOON." MY 5TH GRADE READING TEACHER TOLD ME FLAT OUT THAT MY MOM GOT MY NAME WRONG. COULD YOU PLEASE HELP CLEAR UP THIS MYSTERY FOR ME?