Seems to be an urban legend tough. Also racist.
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Justdaveisfine@midwest.social 4 months ago
La-a (Pronounced La-dash-ah)
Gloomy@mander.xyz 4 months ago
Justdaveisfine@midwest.social 4 months ago
Yeah the other reply noted the same thing. This would have been about ~2015 and she was in pre-k so someone must have named their kid based on the legend. I can’t recall if the girl was black or not but I don’t think she was.
GoodLuckToFriends@lemmy.today 4 months ago
I’ve seen one in real life. Maybe they just carried a fake id card as a joke, but this was in a billing department so I’m assuming it was real.
Akasazh@feddit.nl 4 months ago
The first time I read that it was le-a , which could be read as les without the dash
CoolMatt@lemmy.ca 4 months ago
The dash don’t be silent
otter@lemmy.zip 4 months ago
I’ve seen that as La-ah. Somehow that is so much worse.
don@lemm.ee 4 months ago
Found an interesting snopes article about that.
Justdaveisfine@midwest.social 4 months ago
Seems the article is from 2008, and the La-a I know of was in pre-k in ~2015, so it seems someone named their kid based on the legend.