There is a politician named Mike Huckabee. For the longest time, whenever I heard his name, I would think to myself that his name would sound better if it was Mick Huckabee. I didn't know why I would have that reaction. What I eventually settled on is both 'Mick' and 'Huckabee' have first vowels that are 'short.' As opposed to sounding like 'Mike' and 'Hewkabee' or 'Hughkabee,' if that makes any sense.
Then it finally occurred to me when I either heard a song by the band Simply Red, or they otherwise popped into my head. Their lead singer is named Mick Hucknall. That's it!
Perplexing, how the mind works.
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