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1. Shard Calculation

Query:

Response:

Calculated Shard: 36 (from laksa031)

2. Crawled Status Check

Query:

curl -X POST \
  'http://laksa036.int.ahrefs:8124/' \
  -H 'Content-Type: text/plain' \
  -H 'X-ClickHouse-Database: crawler3' \
  -H 'Authorization: Basic YXBpOg==' \
  -d 'SELECT getAhrefsURLFromUnparsed(src_unparsed) AS found_url, ifNull(toUnixTimestamp(download_stamp), 0) AS crawl_time, ifNull(toUnixTimestamp(props_url_first_seen), 0) AS first_indexed_time, download_http_code AS http_code, src_unparsed AS src_unparsed, src_root_hash AS src_root_hash, history_drop_reason AS history_drop_reason, meta_title AS meta_title, meta_descriptions AS meta_descriptions, attrs_boilerpipe_text AS attrs_boilerpipe_text, attrs_markdown AS attrs_markdown, attrs_readable_markdown AS attrs_readable_markdown, meta_canonical AS meta_canonical FROM crawler3.page_info_local FINAL PREWHERE (src_root_hash, src_unparsed) IN ((getAhrefsRootHashFromUnparsed(getAhrefsUnparsedNoserviceFromURL(\'https://www.connexionfrance.com/magazine/i-hate-it-when-the-french-get-my-name-wrong/736118\')), getAhrefsUnparsedNoserviceFromURL(\'https://www.connexionfrance.com/magazine/i-hate-it-when-the-french-get-my-name-wrong/736118\'))) FORMAT JSONEachRow'

Response:

{"found_url":"https:\/\/www.connexionfrance.com\/magazine\/i-hate-it-when-the-french-get-my-name-wrong\/736118","crawl_time":1776052409,"first_indexed_time":1757588176,"http_code":200,"src_unparsed":"com,connexionfrance!www,\/magazine\/i-hate-it-when-the-french-get-my-name-wrong\/736118 s443","src_root_hash":"4539999693521065436","history_drop_reason":null,"meta_title":"Why your name matters: Navigating mispronunciations and identity","meta_descriptions":["Discover the importance of names in shaping identity and learn how to address common mispronunciations with confidence and grace."],"attrs_boilerpipe_text":"Columnist Cynthia Spillman offers advice to a reader who is frustrated by mispronunciation\nYou should expect the correct pronunciation for what you are called\nShift Drive\/Shutterstock\nDear Cynth,\nIs it rude to correct French people on the pronunciation of my name? I am called Heather, but this is always butchered to something like “Izzer”.\nI have put up with it for years, and even started introducing myself as Izzer to save time or confusion, but am I justified in asking close friends, at least, to try and make more of an effort to get it right?\nNL\nPeople often ask themselves, \"what's in a name?\" My reply is: a lot. \nI was called Cynthia after my French grandmother Hyacinthe – who detested her name and made us promise not to engrave it on her headstone – and Yvette after my aunt. I have often felt that I do not actually exist in my own right! \nThis is of course an exaggeration, but in terms of identity and who we are in the world, I think our name is very important.\nI believe it is absolutely your right to correct everybody who mispronounces your name – not just your close friends. \nIt is not as if your name is particularly difficult to pronounce, even with the subtleties of linguistic difference. \nOver the course of my life my first name has morphed into several different manifestations. When I was young, my French relatives all called me \"Cinette\", a hybrid of Cynthia and Yvette.\nHowever, when I reached adolescence I felt that wasn't a cool name, and told everybody to call me \"Cinnie\". \nThis nickname had been coined by one of my brothers. \nThat was fine – until people started tormenting me with \"Cine camera\". \nAround the age of 17, I decided I wanted to be called Cynthia. I still have people from my past life who call me Cinnie. \nMy husband sometimes calls me Cynth. He’s called Peter and doesn’t like being called Pete, as he was at university.\nThe amusing thing is that now, far from feeling that Cinette is too babyish, I sometimes use it myself with French family, as at this stage of maturity it makes me feel young.\nYou can be pleasant about asking people to pronounce your name properly. You may have to persevere until they get it right – but it is worth the effort.","attrs_markdown":"[Jump to main content](https:\/\/www.connexionfrance.com\/magazine\/i-hate-it-when-the-french-get-my-name-wrong\/736118#main)\n\n![](https:\/\/www.connexionfrance.com\/view-resources\/dachser2\/public\/connexionfrance\/connexion-small-logo.svg)\n\n[![Go to frontpage. 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I am called Heather, but this is always butchered to something like “Izzer”.\n\nI have put up with it for years, and even started introducing myself as Izzer to save time or confusion, but am I justified in asking close friends, at least, to try and make more of an effort to get it right?\n\nNL\n\nPeople often ask themselves, \"what's in a name?\" My reply is: a lot.\n\nI was called Cynthia after my French grandmother Hyacinthe – who detested her name and made us promise not to engrave it on her headstone – and Yvette after my aunt. I have often felt that I do not actually exist in my own right\\!\n\nThis is of course an exaggeration, but in terms of identity and who we are in the world, I think our name is very important.\n\nI believe it is absolutely your right to correct everybody who mispronounces your name – not just your close friends.\n\nIt is not as if your name is particularly difficult to pronounce, even with the subtleties of linguistic difference.\n\nOver the course of my life my first name has morphed into several different manifestations. When I was young, my French relatives all called me \"Cinette\", a hybrid of Cynthia and Yvette.\n\nHowever, when I reached adolescence I felt that wasn't a cool name, and told everybody to call me \"Cinnie\".\n\nThis nickname had been coined by one of my brothers.\n\nThat was fine – until people started tormenting me with \"Cine camera\".\n\nAround the age of 17, I decided I wanted to be called Cynthia. I still have people from my past life who call me Cinnie.\n\nMy husband sometimes calls me Cynth. He’s called Peter and doesn’t like being called Pete, as he was at university.\n\nThe amusing thing is that now, far from feeling that Cinette is too babyish, I sometimes use it myself with French family, as at this stage of maturity it makes me feel young.\n\nYou can be pleasant about asking people to pronounce your name properly. 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I am called Heather, but this is always butchered to something like “Izzer”.\n\nI have put up with it for years, and even started introducing myself as Izzer to save time or confusion, but am I justified in asking close friends, at least, to try and make more of an effort to get it right?\n\nNL\n\nPeople often ask themselves, \"what's in a name?\" My reply is: a lot.\n\nI was called Cynthia after my French grandmother Hyacinthe – who detested her name and made us promise not to engrave it on her headstone – and Yvette after my aunt. 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Boilerpipe Text	Columnist Cynthia Spillman offers advice to a reader who is frustrated by mispronunciation You should expect the correct pronunciation for what you are called Shift Drive/Shutterstock Dear Cynth, Is it rude to correct French people on the pronunciation of my name? I am called Heather, but this is always butchered to something like “Izzer”. I have put up with it for years, and even started introducing myself as Izzer to save time or confusion, but am I justified in asking close friends, at least, to try and make more of an effort to get it right? NL People often ask themselves, "what's in a name?" My reply is: a lot. I was called Cynthia after my French grandmother Hyacinthe – who detested her name and made us promise not to engrave it on her headstone – and Yvette after my aunt. I have often felt that I do not actually exist in my own right! This is of course an exaggeration, but in terms of identity and who we are in the world, I think our name is very important. I believe it is absolutely your right to correct everybody who mispronounces your name – not just your close friends. It is not as if your name is particularly difficult to pronounce, even with the subtleties of linguistic difference. Over the course of my life my first name has morphed into several different manifestations. When I was young, my French relatives all called me "Cinette", a hybrid of Cynthia and Yvette. However, when I reached adolescence I felt that wasn't a cool name, and told everybody to call me "Cinnie". This nickname had been coined by one of my brothers. That was fine – until people started tormenting me with "Cine camera". Around the age of 17, I decided I wanted to be called Cynthia. I still have people from my past life who call me Cinnie. My husband sometimes calls me Cynth. He’s called Peter and doesn’t like being called Pete, as he was at university. The amusing thing is that now, far from feeling that Cinette is too babyish, I sometimes use it myself with French family, as at this stage of maturity it makes me feel young. You can be pleasant about asking people to pronounce your name properly. You may have to persevere until they get it right – but it is worth the effort.
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I am called Heather, but this is always butchered to something like “Izzer”. I have put up with it for years, and even started introducing myself as Izzer to save time or confusion, but am I justified in asking close friends, at least, to try and make more of an effort to get it right? NL People often ask themselves, "what's in a name?" My reply is: a lot. I was called Cynthia after my French grandmother Hyacinthe – who detested her name and made us promise not to engrave it on her headstone – and Yvette after my aunt. I have often felt that I do not actually exist in my own right\! This is of course an exaggeration, but in terms of identity and who we are in the world, I think our name is very important. I believe it is absolutely your right to correct everybody who mispronounces your name – not just your close friends. It is not as if your name is particularly difficult to pronounce, even with the subtleties of linguistic difference. Over the course of my life my first name has morphed into several different manifestations. When I was young, my French relatives all called me "Cinette", a hybrid of Cynthia and Yvette. However, when I reached adolescence I felt that wasn't a cool name, and told everybody to call me "Cinnie". This nickname had been coined by one of my brothers. That was fine – until people started tormenting me with "Cine camera". Around the age of 17, I decided I wanted to be called Cynthia. I still have people from my past life who call me Cinnie. My husband sometimes calls me Cynth. He’s called Peter and doesn’t like being called Pete, as he was at university. The amusing thing is that now, far from feeling that Cinette is too babyish, I sometimes use it myself with French family, as at this stage of maturity it makes me feel young. You can be pleasant about asking people to pronounce your name properly. You may have to persevere until they get it right – but it is worth the effort. 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Readable Markdown	## Columnist Cynthia Spillman offers advice to a reader who is frustrated by mispronunciation You should expect the correct pronunciation for what you are calledShift Drive/Shutterstock Dear Cynth, Is it rude to correct French people on the pronunciation of my name? I am called Heather, but this is always butchered to something like “Izzer”. I have put up with it for years, and even started introducing myself as Izzer to save time or confusion, but am I justified in asking close friends, at least, to try and make more of an effort to get it right? NL People often ask themselves, "what's in a name?" My reply is: a lot. I was called Cynthia after my French grandmother Hyacinthe – who detested her name and made us promise not to engrave it on her headstone – and Yvette after my aunt. I have often felt that I do not actually exist in my own right\! This is of course an exaggeration, but in terms of identity and who we are in the world, I think our name is very important. I believe it is absolutely your right to correct everybody who mispronounces your name – not just your close friends. It is not as if your name is particularly difficult to pronounce, even with the subtleties of linguistic difference. Over the course of my life my first name has morphed into several different manifestations. When I was young, my French relatives all called me "Cinette", a hybrid of Cynthia and Yvette. However, when I reached adolescence I felt that wasn't a cool name, and told everybody to call me "Cinnie". This nickname had been coined by one of my brothers. That was fine – until people started tormenting me with "Cine camera". Around the age of 17, I decided I wanted to be called Cynthia. I still have people from my past life who call me Cinnie. My husband sometimes calls me Cynth. He’s called Peter and doesn’t like being called Pete, as he was at university. The amusing thing is that now, far from feeling that Cinette is too babyish, I sometimes use it myself with French family, as at this stage of maturity it makes me feel young. You can be pleasant about asking people to pronounce your name properly. You may have to persevere until they get it right – but it is worth the effort.
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