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A woman is shocked to learn that her name means something totally different in Australia. – Photo credit: via Andrea Piacquadio/Pexels and Ethan Brooke/Pexels

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Pictured here: Anita Omary; her son, Osman; and Omary’s close friends – Photo credit: Array

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