Americans find it hard to pronounce certain Oriya / Indian names. Though my name is easy to pronounce, a few call me Sam. I don't mind. Here you go. Feel free to add to the list.
HarishChandra - Harry
Dhananjay - Dan
Dinabandhu - Dean
Krupasindhu - Krip
Narayana - Nora
Nabaghana - Nab
Nilamadhab - Neel
Pradipta Kumar - PK
Satyajit - Satty
Debasis - Dave
Krishnamurthy - Krish
Radhakrushna - Reed
Jagannath - Jagg
Nikunja - Nick
Markandeswar - Mark
Bichitrananda Patnaik- Goes by a shortened form of his last name as Pat, thankfully not by a truncated version of his first name.
HarishChandra - Harry
Dhananjay - Dan
Dinabandhu - Dean
Krupasindhu - Krip
Narayana - Nora
Nabaghana - Nab
Nilamadhab - Neel
Pradipta Kumar - PK
Satyajit - Satty
Debasis - Dave
Krishnamurthy - Krish
Radhakrushna - Reed
Jagannath - Jagg
Nikunja - Nick
Markandeswar - Mark
Bichitrananda Patnaik- Goes by a shortened form of his last name as Pat, thankfully not by a truncated version of his first name.
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