# People of various sorts who share the exact same last name, but pronounce it differently

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**Created:** [May 25, 2010, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-of-various-sorts-who-share-the-exact-same-last-name-but-pronounce-it-differently/540657 "2010-05-25T02:04:45Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 7, 2010, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-of-various-sorts-who-share-the-exact-same-last-name-but-pronounce-it-differently/540657/81 "2010-06-07T20:18:04Z")

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> [@An\_Gadai](#):
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> MOR-in and MOR-awn have different pronunciations. 🙂

Uh, yeah, I know.

Allow for a little poetic license for the sake of the joke!

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