Zoe ,'Bushwhacked'
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
msbelle, thanks for the socks! We seriously needed them because Owen refuses to go barefoot even outside and he tends to go through socks very quickly.
We also met a friend of my sister's and their adopted baby boy from Ethiopia. That baby made my ovaries ache, he resets the scale on adorable.
Also, we like to conquer the world periodically. Or more accurately, we like to try.
Reminds me of the Bette Midler line about her husband being German: "Every night, I dress up like Poland, and he invades me."
I have no idea how I could Americanize my name. Drop the 'ana' from the first name, sure, but the last is nsm Americanize-able.
I have no idea how I could Americanize my name. Drop the 'ana' from the first name, sure, but the last is nsm Americanize-able.
Ellis Island Official: Your new name is...Julie Eggs.
I'm not sure there is an unamerican way to pronounce my name.
German = American, is what I'm saying.
Ah. Then yes.
My mother's maiden name, Heumann, (and my last name pre-adoption and marriage)is Americanized pronounced "human". The pronunciation in Germany was "HOY-menn".
Better than "HI-menn". IJS.
I'm not sure there is an unamerican way to pronounce my name.
You could clean up the spelling some.
You could clean up the spelling some.
Damn foreigners with their fancy "K's" and whatnot!