Posted: Fri Sep 04, 2009 9:56 pm Post subject: Special for yoxi
I can't find the thread in which yoxi described his series of name-related difficulties with Her Majesty's Government, but I was shown this tonight and immediately thought of yoxi (he's not alone, sort-of!)
(Also, in case anyone has anything urgent for me, I am away today and the next few days, so I'll be checking here only sporadically.) _________________ "[...] whether the duck drinks hot chocolate or coffee is irrelevant." -- ovvldc and sardisson in the NeoWiki
I just spent the weekend helping my friends launch a sculpture trail exhibition thing on Dartmoor (take a look if you're in the area between now and Sept. 27th) - and I also spent the weekend correcting people whom I had told to call me Padma (since "Padmavyuha" is way too much to ask of most people on first acquaintance) who then persisted in calling me Pablo.
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I'm sanguine about the whole names thing now - I know there's a 99.9999% likelihood that whoever I'm dealing with is not in any way in control of the design of the database they're stuck using, so what's the point of berating? I just give people marks out of 10 on the phone for pronunciation .
Back when my name (for a few years) was Gideon Spoonbill, I got a lovely junk mail letter addressed to Mrs G Deon Spoonville that began "Dear Mrs Deon Spoonville..." and tried to sell me elegant slinky black evening dresses. I declined.
I was also called Mr Spindle over the phone. And I have a friend whose surname is Sproxton, who received a letter beginning "Dear Mr Sproch Ombe..."
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