And I can only guess at which drug the doctors assumed he meant (and subsequently gave him).

Well, if he lost a lot of weight then I'd guess Dexatrim.

::snerk:: He did, in fact, lose a LOT of weight, because weeks of stomach bleeding will do that to you. I'm pretty sure they gave him Bactrim, to which he's allergic. And when they asked him what drugs he's allergic to, he said "Bextrim," which makes me think they assumed BextrA. And it's very possible that they recognized the mispronunciation and tried to clarify by asking, "BextrA?" and Dad probably said yes, b/c of the confusion.

IIRC, I yelled at him for not being clearer about his drug allergies. I think he hands the doctor a written list now.

t edit I *was* (and still am), however, pissed that the doctors didn't think "Oh, this patient seems to be confusing 2 drugs; perhaps I should say the name of BOTH drugs to see if we can sort it out!" instead of assuming he meant one versus the other. Way to damage your patient, dudes.

I am, however, surprised at how often I am asked to spell my first name. I mean really? It's the past tense of draw, how hard can that be?

Drew, Dru, Dro, Droo, Dreue--in this age of "I want my child's name to be unique!" you can't depend on any spelling. I've had people ask how to spell my name, or ask "Is that with a K?" or "Does that end in Y or I?"

I've had people ask how to spell my name, or ask "Is that with a K?" or "Does that end in Y or I?"

Khany.

Yes, I got an OK Cupid message from someone named Ondray. Really, dude?

Khany.

Urgh.

But now I want to grow my hair out, wear a lot of leather, and maroon Kirk on a deserted planet/

Ondray

Oy.

There was a guy at my old firm whose name was Di~an. Yes, with the tilde.

But now I want to grow my hair out, wear a lot of leather, and maroon Kirk on a deserted planet/

Or you could go hang with Bobby Hill.

~ma to Seska and to Nora.

After years of hearing my entire name butchered on the first day of school, I started just using "Barb" (obviously). It just makes life so much easier. Which made it that much more ironic that First Publisher wanted something more "Latina sounding" for my name, so I went with my middle name which no one can pronounce correctly, especially with my maiden name. Too many r's...

Not that my married name is a whole lot better.

Which is why I go with Barb. (Although my mother still calls me "Bobbie" and my older relatives still call me "Barbarita" and I have two people whom I've allowed to call me "Barbie.")

There was a guy at my old firm whose name was Di~an. Yes, with the tilde.

I knew a woman in college who legally changed her first name to end with an exclamation point. Seriously. (Actually, now that I think about it, the city of Hamilton, Ohio, also changed its name for a time to be "Hamilton!" But now it's back to boring old punctuation-less Hamilton.)

Question: is it too ass-kissy to go see their production that opens tomorrow? It's Rossum's Universal Robots!

In honor of Dollhouse, you kind of have to go!

I knew a woman in college who legally changed her first name to end with an exclamation point. Seriously.

Well, the creator of Wondermark is David Malki !

I spell my name with an exclamation point, like so: David Malki !

It’s considered an honorific, and used in the same manner as “Jr.” or “PhD”: there’s a single space before it. The exclamation point is not pronounced — though many have tried, often with hilarious results.