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Yeah, that was strange.


I don't know. I also started to pronounce my name "wrong" when I was living in England to conform with how everybody else was pronouncing. I even have friends who just straight up used completely different names when living in English speaking countries to avoid the whole problem with no one pronouncing their names right.


I can relate to that latter point - My wife is Finnish and her name is often changed from Kirsi to Kirsty, to ease the pronunciation for people here in the UK.


My name is Kasper Grubbe. But in the UK I go by the unfortunate name of Kasper Grub.




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