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Mispronouncing a name is not itself the problem; blaming someone else for it is.
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- Mary Robinette Kowal American science fiction and fantasy author
I don't think that mispronouncing a name is a problem in and of itself. I think that blaming someone else for not being able to pronounce a name IS a problem.
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