They probably have these people working for the city.

Bah! My last name is Neff-Hoehne, Neff is my given name and Hoehne is my adopted name (was adopted at age 18, and I decided to keep both names).

At any rate I thought when I was younger Neff was tough not to say but tough to spell it to someone, jeff, ness. That was nothing compared to the butchery I get with Hoehne. It is pronounced "Haney" Spelling it is always fun as everyone gets messed up by the time you hit the last e.

I had Bought a 82 500SL from my parents about 10 years ago, it had a personalized plate of "HOEHNE" I was driving through Kirkland with the top off and I can hear some girls to the left and behind me in another car attempting to figure out how to say it. They pull up alongside me and ask "What does that say? Hon, Honee". Naturally my response was "Yeah, me so Honee!"

It's truly amazing. Jenny. People automatically assume it's Genie. I always get asked "with a G?" No, dumbass. With a J, just like everyone else. "NNIE?" No! Just Jenny. "With one N?" In hawaii, when putting my name on a list to be seated, I said Jenny. The girl goes "J?" and I said yeah, assuming she was asking whether it's with a G or a J. Sure as shit, about 5 minutes later, some waitress strolls thru asking for a "J, party of two...." it does on...

Last name is Shyu. Pronounced like shoe. I get shy-you a lot. or shoe aye ou. Whenever I spell it out for someone, I look and it's almost always shuyu.

When telemarketers call and ask if they can speak to Miss Shy-You, I always say no. They ask why not. I tell them because it's pronounced shoe. Then they want to speak to miss shoe. I still say no. Why? Because you can't pronounce my name right. I'll humor the ones that can say my last name correctly.

Jen-nay

jen-nay (in forest gump accent)

I got one better.

Last time my two-year old Niece was at my place a Telemarketer called just in time for dinner. I handed the phone off to her. I'm sure they had a nice conversation all about Scooby-doo.

Laughlin, inverialbly everytime, "oh hello Mr. Mc Laughlin" Thanks.
CCLINPD110+

Last name is Napier......prounounced Na-Pier. It's Scotish. Family lore is that the name was give to some ancestor who had Nae Peer in battle. (No one better) Visions of hairy Scotsmen running around with huge swords, cutting off peoples heads.

I get: Mr. Naper a lot. Napkin when I was a kid (till I got a big sword)

My Grandfather came over here (Canada) to homestead in about 1906 and settled where the farm is now. Moved to Chicago during the Roaring Twentys, where my dad was born and came back here when the depression set in. They could grow food to feed themselfs and fish the lake.

Newspaper Telemarketers...I always tell them I'd love to take their paper/magazine's and then ask them if they make a brail edition.

Okay... besides the Carl vs. Karl thing... I have this problem.

If someone can't remember my name and they have to think about it... they come up with Mark.

I answer to Mark as well as Karl because ever since I can remember, people remember Mark instead of Karl.

The only thing I can think of is that Mark and Karl share three letters, a,r,k.

Or.. maybe it has to do with Karl Marx... I don't know.

I wonder if the Carl with a -C- on this board is ever called Mark.... or Marc...

Craig, I find it very hard to believe anyone calls you Mr. Mc Laughlin. I would believe Mr. McGlaughlan though. Yes, I know it's a long name and is only really pronounced correctly if spoken in a gaelic accent or broken up, but Laughlin, O'Laughlin and McLaughlin never had a 'G' at the beginning. Even if I spell my name for them, they usually try to add a G after Mc or an 'a' toward the end.

James Adams. I have a question for you. How often is the "s" dropped off the end of your last name?

I ask this because my step-father's name was Douglas Adam (NO "S"), People always added the "s". If they got Adam correct, it's because they would switch the order to Mr. Adam Douglas. People just need to pay more attention. BTW, my uncle's name is James (Jimmy or Jim) Adam.

Andreas Schmidt
intrestingly, latino people usually pronounce it right.

and yes, i get the "Thank you, Mr. Shit" frequently...
Andy

Schmidt-head

Jenny, if you don't want people to call you Geenie then stop wearing the costume!!

I think I must have worked at Ellis Island in a previous life, I have a penchant for purposfully screwing up people's names.

My name is too easy to screw up, but my ex's name is Sylvana DeTraglia (silvana de trolleyah) yeah..

"Hello, Mr. Dehtragglia"..

"Uhmm.. noone here by that name, thanks for calling."

My porno name is Miles Long.




M

David Cawdrey (CAW-dree)

NOT Cowdry. NOT Cawd-ray.

AND, its Kori Jo (Korijo).

NOT Ko-ree-ho.

my last name is murray but i am always called murphy

Nope. I never got that.

Do you resemble Karl Marx, maybe?


C

Hey Andy, are you going to the MUSR with Brad & Lyressa?

Ok, I'll add this in, my last name is Panciera. One time we got some junk mail addressed to Pam Ciera. Most folks are afraid of the name when they first see/hear it, but it is quite simple if you just sound it out.........

Yes.. Andy is driving with us. Hoepfully he will have Green hair or something for the Arkansas people..



B

i was thinking about guards red, to match my car

Andy

got any candy apple red color?