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Shoot, what's my last name again?

Shoot, what's my last name again?

Tim Gorichanaz
Sep 06, 2013
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We've talked before about the relationship between writing and speech, and today I want to discuss one contemporary example in particular: my last name.

Is my last name—or any last name—its spelling, or its pronunciation?

The spelling Gorichanaz has stayed stable over the past few generations, although it was originally spelled Goričanec. The pronunciatio…

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