My surname, which is that of my ex-husband, is a simple five-letter, two-syllable name that is spelled just like it sounds, and sounds just like it's spelled. And no matter how slowly and how clearly I say it, no one seems to get it right. We had to go through hospital admissions this morning because Amanda is an outpatient for the day. I had to say and spell our name FIVE fucking times for the 90-year-old fossil staffing the admitting desk.
My surname begins with an S and its spelling does not include the letter "g." Yet when people read it aloud, invariably they add a "g." For the longest time Court teasingly called me "Dr. Singin" because an instructor in her department thought that was my name (and of course this instructor insists I'm a "he" because doctors are male, don't ya know). Those of you who know my name must be wondering how someone can get "Singin" from the spelling, but they do.
Despite all this, Courtney took the surname when she married me. Just call her "Mrs. Singin."
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Okay, shoot me. But I just can't resist saying this -
Is that Mrs. Singin' In the Rain?
I wondered who'd be the first to say that.
One of my biggest pet peeves is when someone spells my name wrong. So many people spell my name "Carolyn" even when I say it "Caroline". For the first 2 months that I worked here I had to go around and change how they had spelled my name on the phone system, phone list and mailbox.
My grandma's last name is Bear. People ask her how to spell it all the time. I know people are always going to mispell my last name. Even when I spell it out for them S, C, H, U...they always spell it Shoe... Listening would be helpful.
Bayou's last name is VERY simple, and yet, it's constantly mispronounced- and not in a little way, either. I can't figure it out. Mine, on the other hand, gets it about as often much in a much subtler fashion- a "t" made silent when it should be said.
Drives. Me. CRAZY.
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