A student’s extraordinary 38-syllable name stood out during a graduation ceremony at the University of Kent in the UK. Read his name in the next sentence. Mind you, it is a full sentence.
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Student’s 38-syllable name goes viral
Boluwatife Oluwasemilore Oluwadamilola Oyekunle Ayanfeoluwa Emmanuel Michael Oladele, fondly known as Bolu, recently received his degree in Computing Science, but it was his jaw-dropping full name that made him a viral sensation on TikTok.
During the graduation ceremony, Professor Ben Cosh took the stage to announce Bolu’s full name, and social media erupted leaving the clip with 2,000,000 views, celebrating the professor’s impressive attempt at pronouncing the longest name in the university’s history.
Professor Cosh stated that it has always been an honour for him to call students on stage to get their graduation degrees when discussing his experience with the university’s website.
He believes it demonstrates that someone has done something difficult and worthwhile. For Professor Cosh, it is also significant as a starting point for students to go on a new life adventure.
He believes it is critical to correctly pronounce everyone’s name at the event in order to recognise them for their accomplishments. On behalf of the University of Kent and all its members, he wishes Bolu, the record-holder student, all the best in his future challenges and efforts.
Record holder for the longest name ever called out at a graduation
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Bolu is of Nigerian descent. He welcomed his newfound celebrity and proclaimed his delight following the graduation ceremony, “I feel good after graduating – the ceremony was great – and now that I’ve broken a record with my name, it’ll definitely be a day to remember.”
Bolu’s graduation ceremony tape was rapidly welcomed by the TikTok community, catapulting him to social media fame. Bolu expressed his admiration for Professor Cosh after being impressed by his efforts.
“I think he did really well with the pronunciations,” he remarked. He approached me after the ceremony, telling me how pleased he was to read it all out because it was the longest name he had ever seen.”
Bolu and Professor Cosh’s beautiful friendship was captured in a snapshot shared by the professor on Facebook.
The post read, “This is me and the new world record holder. Longest name I’ve ever read out at graduation. My new friend: Boluwatife Oluwasemilore Oluwadamilola Oyekunle Ayanfeoluwa Emmanuel Michael Oladele.”
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Source: vtt.edu.vn