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RE: The Steemit Name Challenge - @atopy
That's interesting. I've heard a few English speakers who can't pronounce R's. Jonothan Ross (ironically enough) is a British celebrity/comedian/presenter who seems to embrace his speech impediment. But yeah, in a culture where pronouncing R's is critical, I can see why people would resort to surgery!
...we have one politician...more or less the only media person i know here who can't pronounce R's - if the joke aint sad enough he has an R in his name and surname too. People will be people...hes a laughing stock and noone takes him seriously. There are memes made....example:
What he does is say H instead of the R's...most common one here is usually L or J (with children)...example: Barbara is Balbala or Bajbaja.
He doesn't seem to be too bothered with it. Bad publicity is still better then 0 publicity. But in general ... we are social creatures and more or less we have to talk daily to other people. If one cut can help you with that - to not stand out and not be hidranced, why bother.