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“My name is Cathal, but phones generally try to call me Cathedral or Catholic,” says Cathal Wogan. He’s not alone in sharing his frustration at how spell-checkers and autocorrect try to “fix” his name. Names like Maeva, Bukayo, Caelan, Liyana and Ayda are often seen with a red line under them, suggesting they need correcting. Meanwhile, the likes of Anne, Nigel, William and Susan are seen as accepted spellings, according to a new awareness campaign in the UK. The problem doesn’t stop with squiggly red lines still appearing under many people’s names, say campaigners, who argue that the social a…

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