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minus-squareJustdaveisfine@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up79arrow-down7·edit-22 months agoLa-a (Pronounced La-dash-ah) is the weirdest one I’ve seen
minus-squareotter@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up26arrow-down4·edit-22 months agoI’ve seen that as La-ah. Somehow La-a is so much worse.
minus-squaredon@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up22·2 months agoFound an interesting snopes article about that.
minus-squareJustdaveisfine@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up23arrow-down1·2 months agoSeems the article is from 2008, and the La-a I know of was in pre-k in ~2015, so it seems someone named their kid based on the legend.
minus-squareGloomy@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-22 months agoSeems to be an urban legend tough. Also racist. https://lemmy.world/comment/17103405
minus-squareJustdaveisfine@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoYeah the other reply noted the same thing. This would have been about ~2015 and she was in pre-k so someone must have named their kid based on the legend. I can’t recall if the girl was black or not but I don’t think she was.
minus-squareAkasazh@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down2·2 months agoThe first time I read that it was le-a , which could be read as les without the dash
La-a (Pronounced La-dash-ah) is the weirdest one I’ve seen
I’ve seen that as La-ah. Somehow La-a is so much worse.
Found an interesting snopes article about that.
Seems the article is from 2008, and the La-a I know of was in pre-k in ~2015, so it seems someone named their kid based on the legend.
Seems to be an urban legend tough. Also racist.
https://lemmy.world/comment/17103405
Yeah the other reply noted the same thing. This would have been about ~2015 and she was in pre-k so someone must have named their kid based on the legend. I can’t recall if the girl was black or not but I don’t think she was.
The dash don’t be silent
The first time I read that it was le-a , which could be read as les without the dash