1289 - Ledasha

I got an email with seven or eight "jokes" in it. They were all written as to make them sound as if they really happened. Sort of like a "not always right" segment.

Well the last one caught my attention enough that I checked it out at Snopes. Here's the joke....

How would you pronounce this child's name?

"Le-a"

Leah??......NO
Lee - A??...NOPE
Lay - a??...NO
Lei??.......Guess Again.

This child attends a school in Kansas City, Mo.

Her mother is irate because everyone is getting her name wrong.

It's pronounced "Ledasha".

When the mother was asked about the pronunciation of the name, she said, "The dash don't be silent."


There were a few obvious add on lines to make it even more racist than it sounds already. And the city has been changed 4 times according to Snopes. Snopes says 'undetermined' for factual. They even checked the Census database and came up with no matches. (Although they did come up with the actual spelled out name "Ledasha".)

So if you get this in your email all of the 'jokes' are not true. Can you believe it? Something on the internet not being true?

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And then I was thinking about posting another article but I wasn't sure if I should. But then I thought about it and thought maybe I really should. But then I didn't think anyone would care about it but then thought they might. Go HERE and see what you think about it, or not. You don't have to.