BBCNEWS BBC News June 4, 2024 17:26:00
Nina nanji, bbc news. that's actually not my name, though. my real name is noor, but at work i chose to go by nina because so many people were getting it wrong — and that got me wondering whether other people have done similar things. i'm off to meet chinemelum, who's been abbreviating her name for most of her life. so when i was in year three, ijoined a new school and they called me up to the front and they're like, "what's your name? " and i said, "chinemelum," and i was really standing there proudly. and the teacher was like, "what was that?" i said, "chinemelum." and she was like, to the...
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