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First of Two
Better than you
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Yeah? Just TRY living with the surname FARQUHAR.
mis/pronounciations abound. Some I've heard:

Forker
Far-koo-har
Far-kwar
Far-gwar
Far-gwa-har
Far-kwa-har
Foe-kwa (for people who think it's french)
Fair-kwer

(Incidentally, according to the locals during my folks' last visit to Scotland, it's "Far-ker." Which really doesn't help matters any.

I'm naming my first-born daughter Martha, though.

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*I only SEEM Normal*

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TSN
I'm... from Earth.
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Okay, your list of mispronunciations covers about everything I can think of. How do you pronounce it?!

And it's not uncommon for people to spell my last name "Nicks". Or to spell my screen name "TNS"...

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"I'm not stubborn. I'm just right."
-me

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First of Two
Better than you
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As far as I have been able to tell, the "locals'" version. Far-ker, is the correct one.

*marthafarker, get it?*

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TSN
I'm... from Earth.
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Yes, I got the Martha joke. But I was wondering how you've pronounced it for the past however-many-years-you've-been-alive...

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Diane
aka Tora Ziyal
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*lol* I was wondering that, too. I thought it was "Far-kwar" because I think I heard it on Beverly Hillbillies.

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"I have come to the conclusion that one man is called a disgrace, that two are called a law firm, and that three or more become a congress! And by God I have had this Congress!"
--John Adams, "1776"

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Saltah'na
Chinese Canadian, or 75% Commie Bastard.
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My Last name has been associated with Cat/Dog food one too many times.

My REAL name, however, is a different story.

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I can resist anything.......
Except Temptation

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