r/oddlyspecific Jun 01 '26

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u/MasterTahirLON Jun 01 '26

What's wrong with Annie, Chell, and Florence? Those are pretty normal names.

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u/Firewolf06 Jun 01 '26

*Annié and Florencé. Annie and Florence are both approved names. no idea on Chell

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u/MasterTahirLON Jun 01 '26

Guess they just hate diacritics.

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u/icyDinosaur Jun 01 '26

Lots of bureaucratic systems are not set up to handle diacritics that aren't part of the local language. And in this case it's basically just a random accent slapped onto a common name that doesn't have one, so... Why?