# NPR listeners, anyone else love how Ofeibea Quist-Arcton says Dakar?

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Ofebia, the way she says “Dakar,” and other relevant stuff was discussed in [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=16271367#post16271367) in May 2013 about great NPR reporter names.

The BEST thing, however, was

> [@The best name ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-name-ever/635171/99):
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> [In \*The Atlantic \*online: “Why Do NPR Reporters Have Such Great Names?”](http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2013/05/why-do-npr-reporters-have-such-great-names/275493/) Do you suppose they got the idea from us? (I think there was another SDMB thread on NPR names, but I didn’t search for it.)
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> ETA. They DID get the idea from here. The article links to this thread. Cool.

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