If you find someone’s name confusing or different from what you’re used to, all it takes is a bit of research to ensure you get the pronunciation right. However, lots of musicians have opted to use ...

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Google can listen to you pronounce a name and learn from it. I was JUST thinking about this topic yesterday... my housemate is named Maryam, but invariably Google speech-to-text will write it as ...