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My first name is Jonathan, and my Indian colleagues whose mother tongue is Marathi either say "Jonatan" or avoid it altogether because they think it has five sy
by FroshKiller 5y ago
My first name is Jonathan, and my Indian colleagues whose mother tongue is Marathi either say "Jonatan" or avoid it altogether because they think it has five syllables due to Marathi's implicit schwa. I'm sure I've done all kinds of violence to their names myself.