Totally unrelated but I cannot pronounce bagel correctly and I can't figure out what i do incorrectly lol
We went back and forth saying "bagel" at each other that entire day at work. I still can't hear the difference between when I say it and when he says it.
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Long story short, I'm kind of excited that I'm not the only one with this problem. LOL
Also... I should probably contribute to the original topic. LOL!
I'm not really wild for off-the-wall baby names, either. Not really opposed, but most of them just aren't my cup of tea in terms of personal tastes.
Even the uncommon names I do like... are still not all that uncommon. LOL! Most of them are actually just older names that have gone out of favor in recent generations. A lot of those types of names are coming back into trend, though. For instance: Eleanor, Sylvia, Wyatt, etc.