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Grammar pedants - help please.

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macca 53 Mar 2023 10:12am, 16 Mar 2023 31,123 posts	Quote Pin macca 53 My 39 year old niece (Vanessa) is still known as Ditty in the family because neither she nor her twin brother could say Vanessa
swittle Mar 2023 10:30am, 16 Mar 2023 95,713 posts	Quote Pin swittle Straying slightly, the internationally regarded Jamaican DJ, U-Roy got the 'U' of his stage name because a younger relative had difficulty pronouncing his first name, Ewart.
Tazsedai Mar 2023 6:33pm, 19 Mar 2023 1,064 posts	Quote Pin Tazsedai Bampa is pretty common in Wales for grandad, although it was always nan and gramp for me.
swittle Mar 2023 8:52pm, 19 Mar 2023 95,809 posts	Quote Pin swittle Bampa is pretty common in Wales for grandad, although it was always nan and gramp for me. Now it makes sense! the 'bampa' in question lived near Tenby for years.
Badger Mar 2023 1:06pm, 20 Mar 2023 16,163 posts	Quote Pin Badger The byline of this article hurt my brain: theguardian.com Average monthly cost of owning 3-bed home is £500 a year less than renting, but the gap is narrowing As this is a pedants' thread, I have to ask why Julia Kollewe's name makes your brain hurt?
LindsD Mar 2023 1:48pm, 20 Mar 2023 60,655 posts	Quote Pin LindsD
JK chameleon Mar 2023 7:58pm, 20 Mar 2023 17,531 posts	Quote Pin JK chameleon Ha, ok, I'm an idiot It was the quoted text that got me (sub headline? neckline?) Of course the byline is the author, you stupid, stupid
Badger Mar 2023 8:10pm, 20 Mar 2023 16,164 posts	Quote Pin Badger That bit is either a standfirst or a strapline, I think. Either way it's bad writing, or very good as it makes you want to read on to find out what they were trying to say.
JK chameleon Mar 2023 8:17pm, 20 Mar 2023 17,533 posts	Quote Pin JK chameleon Thanks Badger. I'll be over here, in the corner marked "Abject Shame" with a dunce's cap on
Silent Runner Mar 2023 8:51pm, 20 Mar 2023 923 posts	Quote Pin Silent Runner I only very recently found out what byline meant; up until then I’d have made the same mistake as JK. I guess I’d never really thought about it before.