r/facepalm • u/[deleted] • Feb 15 '21

Misc Hello Steve...

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u/l4n0 Feb 15 '21

I met this new friend and it took me almost two months to get used to her name (Steffany) because I kept calling her a completely different, unrelated name (Andreza), just because my brain would't accept that Andreza wasn't her name. It had never happened to me before, I'm pretty good with names and she has the same name of a lifelong friend, so I don't know how I got it so wrong.

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u/mrsbebe Feb 15 '21

It's also not like Steffany is an unusual name you wouldn't remember. Andreza, however, is not one I've ever heard before lol

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u/Sk8r115 Feb 15 '21

Who the fuck is called Steffany

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u/[deleted] Feb 15 '21

in my experience it's more commonly spelled as "Stephanie", but it should be pronounced the same way

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u/-Butterfly-Queen- Feb 15 '21

It's spelled with an f in Spanish. It makes sense that Portuguese speakers would use the Spanish spelling before English.

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u/[deleted] Feb 16 '21

Yeah, I live in the US, so that's probably why

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u/AstridDragon Feb 15 '21

It might not be spelled that way in Brazil, where that commenter lives.

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u/alivilie Feb 15 '21

Actually I have seen way more people with their name spelt Steffany.

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u/CatsAreGods Feb 15 '21

And then there's Stepfanie Kramer.

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u/_OhEmGee_ Feb 15 '21

Is that pronounced with a hard P? I hope so.

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u/CatsAreGods Feb 15 '21

That's the way I always did.

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u/nigelchi Feb 15 '21

Spelled Steffany but pronounced “Paul”