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in reply to a message by Haeri
Really? Rhys is so common in Australia! We get alot of different irish/scottish/welsh names though so names like Rhys, Seamus etc. aren't misprounounced very often. It is so suprising that where ever you live they have never seen it before! Rhys is so common here its like saying to me that everyone in my area can't say/spell something like Jacob! lol.
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Florida, USA
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You live in Florida? I do too and I ALWAYS knew how to pronounce Rhys... dumb people.
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I agree with beethoven. They're not dumb for not knowing how to pronounce a name most of them have likely never seen let alone heard of before. This is Florida we're talking about, not Wales. Rhys is not a common name in American at all, and just because you're familiar with it doesn't mean the rest of the nation is. I think as namenerds we have a skewed perception of all things name-related, and this is an example of that.
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they're not dumb
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A blanket statement like "they're not dumb" or "they are dumb" is wrong with fallacy. Certainly, some of the people are dumb and some are not. You can't make a blanket statement until you've met ALL the people.
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I'll tell you who's dumb: the people that she repeatedly corrects and insist on still saying the name however they want. I work in a hospital and if there is a tough name, the person's name is written out (somewhere) phonetically so that they don't keep butchering the person's name. It's just disrespectful.
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Right, that is dumb.
Maegirl, what I meant wasn't necessarily that they're NOT dumb, just that I would cross out "dumb" in the post I was replying to
Maegirl, what I meant wasn't necessarily that they're NOT dumb, just that I would cross out "dumb" in the post I was replying to
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I agree!
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