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Chas Newkey-Burden

UNCOVERED: Teachers grapple with strange names - The Untold Story

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Teachers are finding it “more and more difficult” to “grapple” with the growing list of names they need to learn as new pupils come into their classes each year, said the Daily Mail. One teacher shared a list of unconventional names from her September register after having a “quick scan of the school enrolments” for this year. The “unusual names” would test “even the most accurate of spelling whizzes”, said the paper, including Rhydah, Presillar, Christisarah, Anjewel’Lea and Biar Biar.

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