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I met someone at work with an ID tag “Deberrie Smerfette”, which appeared to me to be pronounced “De berry Smurfett”. She told me that it was actually pronounced as if it was spelled “DeBeer Smurfae”, but most people pronounced as I had, and she was used to it. After I got to know her a bit I asked if she was too young to have heard of the “smurfs”, or if it had ever caused her grief.
She said it was MUCH worse than I could imagine.
She had married into the name. Her maiden name was “Blue.”
De Berry Blue Smurfett.
Oh my.
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