For a fun examplen from another language, consider the Arabic version of the name Alexander. On hearing the city name "Alexandria" in many places (most notably

For a fun examplen from another language, consider the Arabic version of the name Alexander. On hearing the city name "Alexandria" in many places (most notably Egypt), Arabs assumed the start was the Arabic definite article: Al-exandria. In addition, they swapped the "k" and "s" sounds, in an inverse of the African-American Vernacular formation of "aks" from "ask", making the city name "Al-iskandaria". To complete the ridiculous chain, they then back-formed the historical figure's name from the cities named after him: Iskandar.