Have you ever thought of how important people's names are? Do you get irritated, or feel awkward, when people continuously butcher your name, or perhaps worse, assign you a nickname you just didn't ask for? None of these reactions are out of place, because your name is truly important, and should be treated with care and respect, no matter how common, unique, short or long it is.

In today's episode, we discuss why it's important to get people's names right, as well as some tips to help you in learning to pronounce the name of a person you've just met.

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Watch the complete season of All or Nothing: Tottenham Hotspur on Amazon Prime, as well as the TED talk 'Getting it right; why pronouncing names correctly matters' by Gerardo Ochoa on the following link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=58tDCaEWfHI&t=644s