I've said this before, but the kindest thing you can do when meeting a person with an unusual (to you) name is avoid: 1. Asking about it or how it's spelled 2. Making any obvious joke, pun etc. Not because it offends us, but because it spares us a boring, formulaic conversation https://twitter.com/can/status/1229790657570455555 …
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Replying to @Pinboard
On the other hand, during my time working alongside a team based in Poznań, it's an endless source of entertainment watching colleagues try to pronounce names like Przemysław or Katarzyna after only seeing them on slack.
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The names are perfectly phonetic; I don't see the joke here.
8:06 AM - 18 Feb 2020
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