This names thing

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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