It occurred to me, one night while doomscrolling, that all of my doppelganger trouble could have been avoided if I had made good on my teenage threat to legally change my first name. In Montreal’s Jewish community, where I grew up, almost everyone pronounced it “Nye-oh-me,” with a flat “eye” on the first syllable that sounded whiny and dreary to my ears. No matter how many times I introduced myself as “Nay-oh-me,” it came back with the “Nyeeee-oh-me” drone.

DEFINE: Illustrates how the same name takes distinct pronunciations across regional/dialect communities (Montreal Jewish 'Nye-oh-me' vs. standard 'Nay-oh-me').

Naomi Klein, Doppelganger, loc. 136