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xpct • yesterday at 11:00 PM • 2 replies • view on HN

I just did a quick search on this and apparently the misspellings are German surnames as well:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reimann

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reinmann


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conformist • yesterday at 11:06 PM

Yes sure but they are different surnames and pronounced differently.

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traes • yesterday at 11:17 PM

I just don't understand how it happens. If they had ever taken an intro to real analysis class they would learn to spell his name. If they were just parroting what an AI told them... shouldn't they still just say his name? An individual could just be dyslexic or mistaken but it seems to be a substantial volume. I guess they just don't care enough about it to commit the correct name to memory, only remembering the "pattern" of the name and filling in the spelling via guesswork?

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