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Posted on 04/09/2021 10:56:58 PM PDT by nickcarraway
A woman has gone viral on TikTok after admitting that she can't actually pronounce her husband's name and has instead been referring to him by a term of endearment for the last few years
One woman has recently confessed that even after several years of marriage, she still can't correctly say her husband's Swedish name.
So instead of learning, she's given up trying and has instead just been calling him "baby" as a pet name for the last three years.
This was revealed in a TikTok video posted by the user @maybebrea, which has gone viral, being watched more than 13 million times on the social media platform.
In the video, the woman says: "Ok, so I've been calling my husband baby for the last three years because I don't know how to pronounce his Swedish name."
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Man shares hilarious list of 'rules' family must follow if he is ever in a comamirror She then gives the pronunciation a go, saying: "It's like raGNAR... RAGna... rAgNaR?"
More than two million people have liked the clip, with thousands sharing and commenting on it.
Many people were quick to share sympathy for the woman and also admit they found the whole situation hilarious.
One person replied: "PLSSS this is so funny."
Another wrote: "I feel you sis. My husband's first name is Kapuamamalukeakua."
A third commented: "OMG hahaha, this is so funny to me - a Norwegian."
"OMG me too. My husband is Swedish as well and we've been together seven years and I still can't say his name right," confessed someone else.
A different user added: "I'm so lucky I found a Swedish 'Robert'."
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Now we know why Sweden is importing so many refugees named Mohammed. They want to make life easier for women who can’t pronounce Swedish names.
Raggy, baby. dump this high maintenance mutt hole and get yourself a real Swede.
We are now at the point where some woman says something mildly amusing on TikTok and it makes the newspapers.
I don’t believe it. It’s not hard to pronounce Ragnar. And we’re to believe she’s never been in a situation where she’s had to introduce her husband to her friends? Did she call this guy “Baby” from their first date? When she talks to her friends, does she refer to her husband as “Baby”? Heck, if you google “how to pronounce ragnar” you can hear the pronunciation.
She can’t pronounce ... blah, blah, blah ...
Liar. While waiting on the video to load and The Mirror to download all kinds of crap on my computer, I just pronounced Ragnar, Ragoofles, Ragwench and whole bunch of other words worse than Ragnu.
RagNAR, I mean.
She could call him Raggy. Even Scooby can say that.
You mean the nicknames aren’t so the don’t say the wrong name during sex?
“Oh, Baby!”
This is why many men think their nickname is “God”
You never even call me by my name."
David Allen Cole
“Call me anything but late for dinner.” Henny Youngman
I have no problem saying my wife’s name....your majesty.
wy69
You don’t have to worry much longer, gal. Swedes are not replacing themselves and the Great Replacement is moving in swiftly, so you’ll be hearing a lot more names like “mohamed”.
“...’I’ve been calling my husband a nickname for years as I can’t pronounce his real name’”
Must be a democrat woman...his name is Bill.
I can’t pronounce my wife’s first name either (she’s also from the other side of the planet). And the thing is, any guy who can pronounce his wife’s name probably chose badly, given what our society has become.
I’m trying to decide whether to give her a pass or not. How big are her...uhhh....tracts of land?
Attention whore....
At one time people were warned to avoid distractions, now everything depends on keeping folks from paying attention.
Unless you're chinese: "Wagnahw." Or Vietnamese: "Wrang nyahhhr."
My Swedish friend likes to say,”What’s dumber than a dumb Norwegian? A smart Swede!”
I have a friend named Julius. I always pronounced his name Joo-Lee_us, in 3 syllables, until one day he corrected me. I protested. He said look it up, and he was right. His name is only 2 syllables, Jool-yus.
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