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minus-squareJustdaveisfine@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up83arrow-down7·edit-21 month agoLa-a (Pronounced La-dash-ah)
minus-squareotter@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up27arrow-down5·edit-21 month agoI’ve seen that as La-ah. Somehow La-a is so much worse.
minus-squaredon@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up22arrow-down1·1 month agoFound an interesting snopes article about that.
minus-squareJustdaveisfine@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up23arrow-down1·1 month agoSeems the article is from 2008, and the La-a I know of was in pre-k in ~2015, so it seems someone named their kid based on the legend.
minus-squareAkasazh@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·edit-21 month agoThe first time I read that it was le-a , which could be read as lea without the dash
minus-squareGloomy@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-21 month agoSeems to be an urban legend tough. Also racist.
minus-squareJustdaveisfine@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 month agoYeah the other reply noted the same thing. This would have been about ~2015 and she was in pre-k so someone must have named their kid based on the legend. I can’t recall if the girl was black or not but I don’t think she was.
minus-squareGoodLuckToFriends@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoI’ve seen one in real life. Maybe they just carried a fake id card as a joke, but this was in a billing department so I’m assuming it was real.
La-a (Pronounced La-dash-ah)
I’ve seen that as La-ah. Somehow La-a is so much worse.
Found an interesting snopes article about that.
Seems the article is from 2008, and the La-a I know of was in pre-k in ~2015, so it seems someone named their kid based on the legend.
The first time I read that it was le-a , which could be read as lea without the dash
Seems to be an urban legend tough. Also racist.
Yeah the other reply noted the same thing. This would have been about ~2015 and she was in pre-k so someone must have named their kid based on the legend. I can’t recall if the girl was black or not but I don’t think she was.
I’ve seen one in real life. Maybe they just carried a fake id card as a joke, but this was in a billing department so I’m assuming it was real.