Re: RE: Isn't having two with the same name great??YUP!

[Guest guest]

Names ARE funny, especially in English. We gave our children short

first names and no middle names as their last name (my husband's)

was STEINKELLNER. Not surprisingly, two of them gave up in disgust

and chose my maiden last name, Rojas, and discovered that this did

NOT solve the problem!!!!

n Rojas, who has become used to people, even in California

pronouncing it " Roh-jass! " (Even in San ! You know, as in " San

y, " and " Valley-joe! " ) There is no peace with names--not in English, no

matter what the origin of the name--and no one here seems

able to read a perfectly phoneticly decipherable German name! EEEK!

[Guest guest]

It's amazing how bad people are with last names. You would think Law is

pretty easy but yet every time I talk to someone and have to give them my

last name, I have to spell it out for them. Yet, according to my

sister-in-law who is Chinese and has a hard time understanding most

people speak in english, I have no accent and I am very easy to

understand when I talk. I thought switching from my maiden name

(mastascusa) to my married name would make it easier but I still have to

spell out my last name everytime (at least it's shorter).

- mom to Emma (chunky girl) 2 years w/cf and Isabelle 4 years wo/cf

but plenty of attitude at the moment

On Fri, 15 Nov 2002 14:41:46 EST Mcesana@... writes:

> Names ARE funny, especially in English. We gave our children short

> first names and no middle names as their last name (my husband's)

> was STEINKELLNER. Not surprisingly, two of them gave up in disgust

> and chose my maiden last name, Rojas, and discovered that this did

> NOT solve the problem!!!!

> n Rojas, who has become used to people, even in California

> pronouncing it " Roh-jass! " (Even in San ! You know, as in " San

> y, " and " Valley-joe! " ) There is no peace with names--not in

> English, no

> matter what the origin of the name--and no one here seems

> able to read a perfectly phoneticly decipherable German name! EEEK!

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

It's amazing how bad people are with last names. You would think Law is

pretty easy but yet every time I talk to someone and have to give them my

last name, I have to spell it out for them. Yet, according to my

sister-in-law who is Chinese and has a hard time understanding most

people speak in english, I have no accent and I am very easy to

understand when I talk. I thought switching from my maiden name

(mastascusa) to my married name would make it easier but I still have to

spell out my last name everytime (at least it's shorter).

- mom to Emma (chunky girl) 2 years w/cf and Isabelle 4 years wo/cf

but plenty of attitude at the moment

On Fri, 15 Nov 2002 14:41:46 EST Mcesana@... writes:

> Names ARE funny, especially in English. We gave our children short

> first names and no middle names as their last name (my husband's)

> was STEINKELLNER. Not surprisingly, two of them gave up in disgust

> and chose my maiden last name, Rojas, and discovered that this did

> NOT solve the problem!!!!

> n Rojas, who has become used to people, even in California

> pronouncing it " Roh-jass! " (Even in San ! You know, as in " San

> y, " and " Valley-joe! " ) There is no peace with names--not in

> English, no

> matter what the origin of the name--and no one here seems

> able to read a perfectly phoneticly decipherable German name! EEEK!

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

It's amazing how bad people are with last names. You would think Law is

pretty easy but yet every time I talk to someone and have to give them my

last name, I have to spell it out for them. Yet, according to my

sister-in-law who is Chinese and has a hard time understanding most

people speak in english, I have no accent and I am very easy to

understand when I talk. I thought switching from my maiden name

(mastascusa) to my married name would make it easier but I still have to

spell out my last name everytime (at least it's shorter).

- mom to Emma (chunky girl) 2 years w/cf and Isabelle 4 years wo/cf

but plenty of attitude at the moment

On Fri, 15 Nov 2002 14:41:46 EST Mcesana@... writes:

> Names ARE funny, especially in English. We gave our children short

> first names and no middle names as their last name (my husband's)

> was STEINKELLNER. Not surprisingly, two of them gave up in disgust

> and chose my maiden last name, Rojas, and discovered that this did

> NOT solve the problem!!!!

> n Rojas, who has become used to people, even in California

> pronouncing it " Roh-jass! " (Even in San ! You know, as in " San

> y, " and " Valley-joe! " ) There is no peace with names--not in

> English, no

> matter what the origin of the name--and no one here seems

> able to read a perfectly phoneticly decipherable German name! EEEK!

>

>

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