A first-grade teacher changed my name so it'd be easier to say in English. I've gone by it since.

A first-grade teacher changed my name so it'd be easier to say in English. I've gone by it since.

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Whenever I meet people for the first time and tell them my name, I usually get asked where it came from. It's a fair question, given that I'm not from the American South and also have a distinct Australian accent 18 years after first moving to the UK.

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