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-Essay- CALGARY — Soon after President Joe Biden pulled out of the race for reelection, and Kamala Harris was on the way to wrapping up the Democratic party nomination, Manu Raju, an American journalist of Indian origin, mentioned on CNN that some people were mispronouncing Harris’ first name. People mispronounce names – other people’s or even their own – for a variety of reasons. Typically it happens in all innocence if it’s the first time they’ve heard or read the name, often originating in another country or language than their own. For the latest news & views from every corner of the world…

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