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This Scottish man's sweary tweet about meeting a man with the exact same name has gone viral

"Ever added somebody on Facebook because you have the same name?"
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Ever wondered how many people out there share the exact same name as you?

Whether they're taller or shorter? Better or worse looking? More or less successful? Ever wanted to meet up with one of them and find out?

SEE ALSO: This man's 32-point Twitter thread about what it's like to live with just girls has gone super viral

Well, we don't know how much of the above information he discovered, but Ryan Grenfell from Edinburgh, Scotland, did arrange to meet up with someone who shared his exact same name recently.

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His tweet about the meeting, which has since gone viral, is so spectacularly Scottish:

Soon, others were sharing similar stories:

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Sam Haysom is the Deputy UK Editor for Mashable. He covers entertainment and online culture, and writes horror fiction in his spare time.

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