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minus-squareJustdaveisfine@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up83arrow-down7·edit-23 days agoLa-a (Pronounced La-dash-ah)
minus-squareotter@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up27arrow-down5·edit-23 days agoI’ve seen that as La-ah. Somehow La-a is so much worse.
minus-squaredon@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up23·3 days agoFound an interesting snopes article about that.
minus-squareJustdaveisfine@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up23arrow-down1·3 days 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-squareGloomy@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·edit-22 days agoSeems to be an urban legend tough. Also racist. https://lemmy.world/comment/17103405
minus-squareGoodLuckToFriends@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 day 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.
minus-squareJustdaveisfine@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 days 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-squareAkasazh@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·edit-21 day agoThe first time I read that it was le-a , which could be read as lea without the dash
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.
Seems to be an urban legend tough. Also racist.
https://lemmy.world/comment/17103405
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.
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.
The first time I read that it was le-a , which could be read as lea without the dash