What is Kallio?
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1. A Finnish word meaning "rock." It should be noted that Kallio does not mean church.
2. The name of a district in Helsinki
3. It's also a Finnish last name that American telemarketers cannot pronounce correctly.
4. The name that no substitute teacher can ever pronounce.
5. The name no one spells correctly
Telemarketer: "I'm from Weasels and Co and I'm selling luxury stoat spas, is Ms. CAH-Lie-Oe there?"
Kallio: "It's CAL-lee-Oh."
"Oh, look they spelled Smythe right this time!" "Well, they still managed to misspell Kallio."
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