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Originally posted by Fugee
Second question: How do you think having an unusual, not obviously pronounceable name, affects a child's future?
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Having an unusual, not-obviously-pronounceable name is a career-limiter. And a major pain-in-the-ass.
Unusual names that are not obviously pronounceable suck. While growing up, the kid will be made fun of in school. As an adult, people will not engage him (e.g., in casual conversation, when calling on people in class, etc.) as often as a person with a plainer name, out of fear that they will mispronounce it. Having an unusual name will doom the kid to a lifetime of correcting people and generating unnecessary awkwardness incident thereto.
p(Frankly, I don't know what's worse . . . having my name or being named "Parenthesis" since the latter, albeit unusual, is obviously pronounceable.)c
