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What’s in a name? In Ireland, a host of letters that Americans find hard to pronounce
Evan O’Connell, communications director for the French nonprofit Paris Peace Forum, countered Merriam-Webster with a volley of English surnames: “You had Featherstonehaugh, Cholmondeley and Gloucestershire right there.” Caoilfhionn Gallagher, a lawyer with …