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Radio 4,17 Aug 2021,28 mins

When people get your name wrong

Word of Mouth

Available for over a year

Michael Rosen on why personal names are so often mispronounced or misspelled, in conversation and online. With guest Dhruti Shah, linguist Dr Laurel MacKenzie, and lots of stories from the Word of Mouth audience. Produced by Beth O'Dea for BBC Audio in Bristol

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