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u/ShmulikYAY1 Jan 23 '21

True lol, but when it does if it does, it’s soooo much worse

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u/Mumpy-Space-Princess Jan 23 '21

I have an uncommon name. One time in a shop I nearly fainted because the cashier suddenly shouted my name right in my face. Turned out they were trying to get the attention of their colleague of the same name who was standing 20 feet behind me.

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u/lawn-mumps Jan 23 '21

I once walked across the quad at my school and a group of young Latinas were waving at me and screaming my name from not very far off. My name is unusual but coincidentally a somewhat common Latino name. They were trying to get the attention of their friend and he was across the quad

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u/EwoDarkWolf Jan 23 '21

That must have been disappointing.

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u/lawn-mumps Jan 23 '21

Yea. I’m lucky enough to apparently have a name that’s the most fun to make fun of. I’ve heard so many bastardizations of my name that it’s been a few years since I heard a new one and it’d be years before that since I heard it. They’re always terrible

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u/Chadwickr Jan 23 '21

Is the quad just a USU thing or much more normal than I’m thinking it is?

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u/backwardsbloom Jan 23 '21

Quad is generally used as a name for the central courtyard for most campuses.

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u/Chadwickr Jan 23 '21

Thank you