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HelpRe: Where do you live!?
in reply to a message by bex
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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