Lately I've been able to tell people, "Like the runaway bride."
I really hate that woman for making my name sound stupid and flaky.
t stupidly, flakily worries that employers will subconsciously have a negative impression of my name, because WHAT ELSE COULD EXPLAIN WHY I HAVEN'T BEEN CALLED BACK FOR THAT WORK-FROM-HOME EVENT PLANNER JOB YET, BECAUSE I'M PERFECT FOR IT! PERFECT, I TELL YOU!
Um, carry on....
I have a very nice simple last name, very rarely mispelled. It's nice, because if it had been the least bit complicated, my life would have been hell.
Way to assert effectively, vw!
ita, the mystery of your last name is occasionally the source of great time-killing amusement on my part.
ita Jones?
ita Smith?
ita Bug?
ita McTavish?
ita Humperdinck-McTavish?
I'm fairly sure it's not the last one.
Hey, are you related to Buffy?
Opposite season, so nope.
And thank you. I was especially pissed off, because this is the third time I've seen this guy. Each time I've gotten a different story from him, and quite frankly I'm sick of it. So, today I had had enough.
My last name confuses everyone. It's pronounced exactly like it's spelled, but there are just some letter combinations that I guess people aren't used to, and they try to make it into something more familiar-sounding. I can understand getting the vowel sounds wrong, but can't figure out why a nation of people raised on phonics can't pronounce the consonants in the order in which they're written.
It's BoBita, folks, BoBita.
My maiden name had 14 letters and 2 hyphens. I answered to Suzi Ummmmmmmm so much. My DH swears I married him for his last name...and he ain't half wrong.
In other news - HI!!!!!! Check out the shiny new username. I haven't been around much, got sucked into the lj world, but I miss my b.org peeps.
So, what did I miss over the last few months???
lexine! Or should i say Maidengurl. Good to see you under any name.