Having an Impossible Name

limey · 08-10-2013, 07:40 AM

There is an expectation that there is a silent "e" on the end of my surname, which is only four letters long. Every time I spell it out (there are different ways to spell it) the listener says, with surprise 'No "e"?!?!!'. Sometimes they add 'Are you sure?!?' (well, DUH!).
My maiden name was also a bu&&er to spell out, with people doubling the wrong letter, no matter how long I paused after the doubled letter to allow them to write it down before continuing.

xoxoxoBruce · 08-10-2013, 07:56 PM

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Originally Posted by limey

Sometimes they add 'Are you sure?!?' (well, DUH!).

And so your palm and forehead remain on a first name basis.

08-10-2013, 07:40 AM	#1
limey Encroaching on your decrees Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: An island within the south-west coast of Scotland Posts: 7,016	There is an expectation that there is a silent "e" on the end of my surname, which is only four letters long. Every time I spell it out (there are different ways to spell it) the listener says, with surprise 'No "e"?!?!!'. Sometimes they add 'Are you sure?!?' (well, DUH!). My maiden name was also a bu&&er to spell out, with people doubling the wrong letter, no matter how long I paused after the doubled letter to allow them to write it down before continuing. __________________ Living it up on the edge ... of civilisation, within the southwest coast of

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