At my new job I am surrounded by people with one-syllable first names containing a soft vowel sound following an R. All of these sound like "Fred" if spoken by a Minnesotan and heard through iPod earphones in an open-office environment. Here is a sampling of the names in my vicinity:
- Brian
- Brett
- Brent
- Brad
- Brad
- Greg
- Greg
- Kraig
- Craig
- Chris
- Chris
Note that Brian, Brett, and one of the Brads are all also structural engineers sitting within three cubicles of mine. Thank goodness for having a Troy and a Dave immediately nearby, otherwise I'd just spend all day
reacting to names being spoken. I can only imagine the hell for people whose names these are, especially the Brads/Bretts/Brents.
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