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Zahna Eklund

'I'm fed up of my name being mispronounced - strangers even add a letter'

Having a unique name certainly has its benefits, but as anyone with a less conventional name will tell you - myself included - it can be a real nightmare trying to teach people how to pronounce it. If you've got an unusual moniker, or one that's just spelt a little differently, you probably understand the pain of constantly having to correct teachers, new co-workers, and companies you have to make phone calls to.

And one woman has now shared her frustration in a viral video, in which she ran through some of the ways her name has been butchered by people who have no idea how to pronounce it.

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