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** The story has been retold numerous times, both by word of mouth and in published form, and has acquired a large number of variations because of it. Versions differ on whether the child lives or dies, and the specific manner in which his rescue is delayed varies as well (though it is always due to multiple repetitions of the very long name). The various names attributed to the unfortunate kid include Nikki Nikki Tembo No So Rembo Oo Ma Moochi Gamma Gamma Goochi, Sticky Sticky Stumbo Nos E Rumbo E Pro Pennyo Hara Bara Brisko Nicky Prom Po Nish No Menyo Dumbricko, and Ikky Bikky Stumbo Nozo Rumbo Addy Baddy Basco Tana Rama Tasco, among others. There are even non-Chinese versions, which in retrospect show their roots a bit, such as "Eddie Coochie Catchie Cama Toka Nera Toka Noka Sama Kama Wacky Brown".

* Taoism teaches that to name something is to define it, and since the Tao is infinite, it has no definition, and therefore no name. So the ethereal force that permeates the universe is ''called'' the Tao for the sake of conversation, but it is not ''named'' the Tao because it has no name.

* Some, though not most, Christians get very offended if you call Christianity a religion. They prefer to be called "spiritual" rather than "religious", and may refer to their beliefs as a "faith" or a "relationship with God", but insist that it's not a religion. There are Christians online who have said things like "as a Christian, I follow no religion", and they sometimes refer to other religions as religion, except their own.

{{quote|"It's not a religion, it's a relationship!"}}

* Some non-Catholic Christians, especially ones more hostile to the Catholic Church, chafe at calling Catholics "Christian". Many incorrectly use "Christian" to refer only to ''Protestant'' Christians, while some may exclude anyone not practicing their specific version of Christianity. Note that Christianity is divided into ''three'' general categories: Catholics, Orthodox Christians, and Protestants, ''and'' that Protestant is merely a catch-all term for Christians who are further subdivided into various denominations based on how they think God should be worshiped, and the only common sentiment is that it's "not how the Catholics do it".

* The robes worn by a Catholic priest on Gaudete Sunday (the Third Sunday of Advent) and Laetare Sunday (the Fourth Sunday of Lent) are rose-colored. ''They are not pink.''

 

* Until 1999, France officially used the expression "Événements d'Algérie" ("Algeria Events") instead of "Guerre d'Algérie" ("[[wikipedia:Algerian War|Algerian War]]"). During more than forty years, this conflict (which killed more than 150,000 people) wasn't considered to be an official war.

* The USA does not use "Torture"; it uses "Aggressive Interrogation Methods".

* Murray Gell-Mann [https://blog.stephenwolfram.com/2019/05/remembering-murray-gell-mann-1929-2019-inventor-of-quarks/ did this a lot], including "g times ψ function" he invented not being called "beta function".