tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-618057296837905436.post1520100454614359068..comments2023-10-17T04:12:46.227-06:00Comments on Clarafication: Allow Me to ClarafyClarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03159116843329750731noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-618057296837905436.post-23763164192344645922011-07-19T22:24:08.224-06:002011-07-19T22:24:08.224-06:00Of course, there's always the option of handma...Of course, there's always the option of handmade identifying t-shirts. The one my mother keeps threatening to make is, "I can't remember my name--what's yours?"Clarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03159116843329750731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-618057296837905436.post-64185150685835753212011-07-19T04:04:43.532-06:002011-07-19T04:04:43.532-06:00People hear what they want to hear, my dear. I ha...People hear what they want to hear, my dear. I have made a point of telling new acquaintances very carefully and with practiced diction what I would like them to call me, but many respond by asking, somewhat incredulously, questions like, "Suavo?", or "Sappho?" Now, when I get those responses, I just nod, smile, and say, "Close enough..." After years of dealing with those two responses in particular, I know that taking the time to re-state my name will not make any difference to people who, ten minutes later will not be able to recall what the correction was... listening is a lost art!<br /><br />I'm pleased knowing that "swafo" will never be considered an old person's name.swafo2u2https://www.blogger.com/profile/08330594910110364862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-618057296837905436.post-37999971916591375512011-05-18T12:37:36.196-06:002011-05-18T12:37:36.196-06:00Felycia, neither one of us could pronounce my name...Felycia, neither one of us could pronounce my name when we were little, with the L-free version winning out. And yes, I'm glad that all of the mispronunciations of my name are still appropriate for polite company.Clarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03159116843329750731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-618057296837905436.post-15295743852116321052011-05-17T18:36:02.672-06:002011-05-17T18:36:02.672-06:00whenever i hear Sam say your name it always sounds...whenever i hear Sam say your name it always sounds like Care-a no L at all... if i hadn't read previously that it was Clara I would have gotten it wrong too. At least you never have to put up with "fellatia" which sounds like fellatio with an ah sound instead of an O at the end :(Felyciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03859733228798026841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-618057296837905436.post-28767237603576353722011-02-24T22:32:01.477-07:002011-02-24T22:32:01.477-07:00Andres, all three other members of my immediate fa...Andres, all three other members of my immediate family go by their middle names, so you're not alone. It makes the MVD interesting, though. Also, to be fair, the coworker thing turned out to be more a matter of my not hearing her pronunciation than her not understanding my name.Clarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03159116843329750731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-618057296837905436.post-16468876237421277262011-02-24T15:59:51.609-07:002011-02-24T15:59:51.609-07:00It also sucks when you have the first name and mid...It also sucks when you have the first name and middle name identity crisis. <br /><br />"Well my first name is Casiano, but I've always been called Andres. That's C-A-S-I-A-N-O. But really just call me Andres. Yeah it's my middle name. I don't know my parents always just called me be my middle name! Really it's not a big deal! No Not Andreas not Undress, Ahn-drrrEs. You know what just say it however you like!" <br /><br />I do love the computer screen background idea though clara. That is pure genius. And she still said it "wrong?" <br /><br />-andresAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05529424659393307971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-618057296837905436.post-71919120459841822232011-02-24T10:51:30.715-07:002011-02-24T10:51:30.715-07:00please have more incriminating windows open in you...please have more incriminating windows open in your next desktop screenshot.your stulpid fat brothernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-618057296837905436.post-50631932955981160502011-02-24T10:47:37.415-07:002011-02-24T10:47:37.415-07:00Those spellings don't make any sense at all.
...Those spellings don't make any sense at all.<br /><br />My personal favorite was a lady who asked my name over the phone and, once I'd told her, carefully pronounced, "Thank you, Flaa-aah."Clarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03159116843329750731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-618057296837905436.post-61331882821293442232011-02-24T09:16:39.092-07:002011-02-24T09:16:39.092-07:00I always get called "Rachel" and I'm...I always get called "Rachel" and I'm not sure why. Old ladies and other demographics have told me "Aw, you *look* like a Rachel!" and I still have yet to figure out what that means.<br /><br />Firefox also hates my name. It doesn't like "Rebecca," and proffers "Rebbeca," "Rebbecca," or "Rebekah" as alternatives. Seriously, who spells their name like those first two options??Hathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10129137467732478438noreply@blogger.com