tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-359543817192302396.post4796458090432588807..comments2019-06-06T14:14:41.565-04:00Comments on Jef Mallett: Patty says: At least it's not Przybysz*Jef Malletthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10813038406728297919noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-359543817192302396.post-37376985156559511022010-11-08T17:43:56.666-05:002010-11-08T17:43:56.666-05:00Thanks, this will help me look like an insider nex...Thanks, this will help me look like an insider next time at the bookstore.<br /><br />Now, how do you pronounce "Jef"?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-359543817192302396.post-82236266088663077112010-11-04T19:38:35.773-04:002010-11-04T19:38:35.773-04:00My first name is Netagene. You'd be surprised ...My first name is Netagene. You'd be surprised at the problems people have with that! I get a lot of "huh? how do you pronounce your first name" even when I then tell them it's pronounced like it's spelled. As a last resort, I sometimes tell them that it kind of rhymes with "jellybean". That usually gets a laugh. And my married name was "Houghtaling" - try THAT on! My hit to that was "you don't go 'camping', you go ..." Groan.Netagenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04062660684403274133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-359543817192302396.post-14502477506434336442010-11-03T12:26:27.582-04:002010-11-03T12:26:27.582-04:00I used to know a Polish kid in elementary school, ...I used to know a Polish kid in elementary school, so I learned how to pronounce names with gratuitous "y" and "z" in them. His name, at least. Welsh is also really fun -- they make "w" a vowel.<br /><br />But there's worse things than a name no one can pronounce. The ones people CAN pronounce, they'll make fun of in other ways. Trust me on this one.Liz H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02570664006409524364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-359543817192302396.post-38712498919706195832010-11-02T16:57:35.458-04:002010-11-02T16:57:35.458-04:00I grew up in Northern New York with large numbers ...I grew up in Northern New York with large numbers of ma-LETs, but later lived in Western Maine which is also chock-full of former-Quebecers, but also happened to have a totally unethnically related group of people named MAL-et like the hammer, including one who got a school named after him. I lived there for a year before I could say MAL-et like the hammer instead of ma-LET like the name.Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16807727819590358834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-359543817192302396.post-64801851399210665402010-11-02T16:50:39.886-04:002010-11-02T16:50:39.886-04:00With a last name of Smith, I've never had much...With a last name of Smith, I've never had much problem, but as a former teacher I hated calling roll on the first day of school...Jim Smith IIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14000773954799770354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-359543817192302396.post-33996835896394490382010-11-02T16:49:57.841-04:002010-11-02T16:49:57.841-04:00I'm a Smith, married a Yeats. Can't be sa...I'm a Smith, married a Yeats. Can't be said - readers rhyme it with beets. Can't be spelled - hearers pause when I say y-e-a and then autocorrect to yates.Liz Smith Yeatshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09487847157534181458noreply@blogger.com