Guest guest Posted February 20, 2003 Report Share Posted February 20, 2003 Hi n, Well, guess what? I don't think anyone has EVER mispronounced my name [through ingnorance!] I can't think of a single time! My best friend in grade school, Esperanza (from Columbia -the country, not one of the many cities throughout the US and probably world), used to pronounce it LEENDA, but that is actually the correct pronunciation if you happen to be hispanic! LOL, so I don't consider it mispronounced. Oh - my dad used to tease Esperanza mercilessly whenever she called, so there was a time she started pronouncing it LONDA, as she was attempting to get the short i sound down (difficult for native spanish speakers - my mother included). My dad laughed so hard the first time he heard her say LONDA, he almost busted a gut! Needless to say, the Londa phase didn't last long, and she now says a perfect " " . hugs, C Mommy to Mick and Alli, 3 yo twins wcf --- Mcesana@... wrote: > Well, being named n as my mother did not wish > me to be called > either nor anne, I get called, by the > truly illiterate, " Marlon, " > (mistaking the i for an l), anne, , even > , , and > heaven only knows what variation on the theme. > Funny thing is, all but > one of the ns I have known were women and the > ONLY guy I ever > knew named n spelled it n. And then there > are the Spanish- > speaking telemarketers who unhesitatingly, after > being corrected, call > me, Mahryahn! And then there is Rojas; I use my > maiden name, that > \is my surname prior to marriage. In the hispanic > world one has two > surnames, and I do wish I had picked the other one > which follows the > M in my e-mail address--there are just too many > Rojases in the world > and everyone wants to call it " Rodgo, " " Roya, " > Roja, " you name it--even > in largely hispanic California, people say " Rodjas, " > instead of the way > J is pronounced in Spanish, that is as if it were > an H in English. I am so > thankful that my parents gave up trying to agree on > a middle name > for me and it is just the initial " J. " No what you > or your child is named, > someone is going to get it wrong. Good excuse to > hang up on tele > marketers, I find. > Love to all at cfparents, > n Rojas, as in " Clarion " n, which I > usually am not > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been > removed] > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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