What's in a name? Some tied tongues
02 October 2016 - 02:00
School officials believe it’s time we got pronunciations right at school When Durban schoolgirl Anandani Pillay was in Grade 1, her father laid a formal complaint against her teacher, who "renamed" her Annie because she could not pronounce the child's name.Zandile Mncube's surname has been mispronounced since Grade 1.
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