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A friend sent this to me - not sure where he got it.

Linebacker TaTa Thompson of Garland hopes to make a name for himself at Texas
A&M. And it's not Tah-Tah.

"Yeah, they get it wrong on the radio and at the games," Thompson's mother
told former Trib sportswriter Luke Gilliam. Her son's given name is Taqualon,
but a relative called him "Tay-Tay" as a child and it stuck.

The 6-4, 225-pound blue-chipper said he's used to the mispronunciations, "but
sometimes I think, 'Does anyone really think my mom would name me something
stupid like Tah-Tah?' "

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Right. Because Taqualon is such a normal name.

You got to love it. BTW- What has become of Deprimethon Smith (or was it Jones), the Smu recruit of a couple of years ago. One of my all time favorite names.

That would be Deprimethon Vaughn Lee. Which somehow got shortened to D.D.
Go figure.
I don't care if he can spell or abbreviate, he's a terrific ILB.

Thanks Dickie. I knew Cavan really liked the kid but i somehow got his name screwed up. I'm with you- if he can play, who cares how you get DD out of DV.