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Old 08-10-2013, 07:32 AM   #9
Chocolatl
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Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Tampa, FL
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My last name starts with "Hra," with the leading H being silent. People writing it down always write "Har," despite my spelling it out. There's also a B which gets confused for a D, and an S which gets confused with an F -- no matter how slowly and clearly I enunciate. I always spell all the consonants out with the NATO alphabet, as Sundae mentioned.

When people are trying to read it, their brows just furrow and they start making an odd gurgling sound as they try to make the "Rah" at the beginning into a "HHGHGHGHHRAH".

As a teacher, my students just called me "Mrs. H."
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