On: Why Facebook and Google's Concept of "Real Names" ...

[esrauch]

Really? When I introduce myself people often ask if it is actually my real name with a lot of doubt in their voice, and my name is a lot less crazy than "swizec".

[Swizec → esrauch]

Maybe Swizec just sounds so outlandish that people simply assume finding out my real name is out of the question?

Or it might be that when they hear my foreign accent they think it's a standard name for Slovenia.

Perhaps a combination of both ...