i can just imagine what it must have been like for the person whose last name is Fu. he or she must have smiled each time someone asked them to spell their last name. what about Charlie Hid Uncle Andrew's Nail Gun? just a thought. i like your script especially the dj part. my last name is grant so i just say "as in grant you a favor". i constantly have to repeat my first name which is kingsley. i need to work on "sumn' myself.
tom
· 1 year ago
yep...i have that issue too...all the time. the first part is a sinch... t o m. its the last that i use a modified NATO phonetic... Robert Ocean Edward Paul King Edward.
David
· 1 year ago
dj, you have hit upon a sore spot... you have no idea..
the horror!
Jenn
· 1 year ago
My maiden name was verbally spelled: "R A N, as in Nancy, W E Z, as in zebra" It's a little easier now: "H A M, as in Mary, E L." :)
betsy
· 1 year ago
both my last names are pretty common/straightforward (though we still get Hemmings a lot), but at least once a day for the past 17 years I've uttered the phrase "two word last name, space no hyphen". I can't tell you how many people said to me, "Oh, you'll give it up - in a year, you'll be so sick of correcting people that you'll just use Henning." They underestimated my stubbornness, apparently.
Recently my two-and-a-half-year-old has begun proudly announcing to anyone who will listen "I'm IanMitchellHenning!" and slapping his chest. No hyphen indeed.
daniel so
· 1 year ago
DJ -- I love this post! You wouldn't believe the trouble I've had with my two-letter last name. The most confused CSR I spoke to asked if my last name was "Soesso" because I first said it ("So") and then spelled it ("S-O"). Once I received some junk mail addressed to "Daniel Sieuw" -- I guess two letters felt a bit short?
purpose
· 1 year ago
how does this topic represent your faith?
MaxT
· 1 year ago
MAX - like the Roach Spray T - O - double-R - E - S
Daniel K. Eng
· 1 year ago
the basketball arena (where the 76ers play) used to be called the First Union Center. It became a running joke on sports radio.
I say "Eng- like in England." Yes, I have my own nation. Or theme park.
ray
· 10 months ago
i am trying to spell a name, its grousendorf, i don,t think this is the right spelling. its a last persons last name, and i believe it is german, if anyone who knows please e-mail me,thank you
mell
· 8 months ago
thats gay. i wanna know how to spell england in german
Samson Fu
· 7 months ago
Haha my last name is Fu. And yes, I've gotten lots of weird looks when I spell it. Now I've learned to spell it "F as in Frank, U as in Uncle" (even when I give out my email address at work), so it isn't so overt.
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the horror!
Recently my two-and-a-half-year-old has begun proudly announcing to anyone who will listen "I'm IanMitchellHenning!" and slapping his chest. No hyphen indeed.
T - O - double-R - E - S
I say "Eng- like in England." Yes, I have my own nation. Or theme park.