The first time Pete heard me spell our last name to someone on the phone (yeah, I took his) with the instructions, "No, that's V, as in vampire", He did indeed facepalm. What? Like I'm going to pick another word that starts with V.
Willow: That's a work ethic! Buffy, you're developing a work ethic! Buffy: Do they make an ointment for that?
'Beneath You'
Spike's Bitches 47: Someone Dangerous Could Get In
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
Atropa - Sep 28, 2011 11:04:31 am PDT #390 of 30001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
§ ita § - Sep 28, 2011 11:05:21 am PDT #391 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
V as in vulva. Try it just once.
Atropa - Sep 28, 2011 11:07:00 am PDT #392 of 30001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Bwahahaha! Okay, I will try that the next time.
Beverly - Sep 28, 2011 11:09:18 am PDT #393 of 30001
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Vulva should work. Crotch is a miracle of remembrance, swears.
Volans - Sep 28, 2011 11:13:33 am PDT #394 of 30001
move out and draw fire
One of the reasons I switched to Raq was that I was really bored with everyone spelling "Rachel" as "Rachael."
People do okay with my last name, but it tends to be illuminating about their interests which "as in?" they go with. "As in the gun?" "As in the cathedral?" "As in the town?" "As in Charles Emerson?"
So far one person has said "As in the brothers in Supernatural?" And that was a Colombian hotel desk clerk.
Amy - Sep 28, 2011 11:15:36 am PDT #395 of 30001
Because books.
Ooh, score for him, Raq.
I'm always amazed how many people are confused by my last name. It's just ... an Irish name, and it's spelled exactly like it sounds. But I get Gravy and Garver and all kinds of stuff.
Ginger - Sep 28, 2011 11:17:53 am PDT #396 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Beverly's last name is much harder than mine. Mine at least has enough vowels.
SuziQ - Sep 28, 2011 11:19:04 am PDT #397 of 30001
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
I used to try "As in a light bulb" but that confuses some people even more.
Cass - Sep 28, 2011 11:23:24 am PDT #398 of 30001
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
Well, of course, V as in Vampire. That's just logic.
I think, out of the six letters in my last name, I only consistantly spell out the first three. Like some character from another realm who thinks that the spy is named Bondjamesbond. But more like BondBeeOhhEnn. Ish.
Names is weird.
And I really only changed mine so it wouldn't be the same as my sister's. She should have had her bad marriage first. I'd have had more options.
Scrappy - Sep 28, 2011 11:25:10 am PDT #399 of 30001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
People pronounce "Fogelson" as "Ferguson" more often than not. Or "Fah-jel-son." I don't know how they get the latter from the former, but the poor checkout clerks who have to chirp "Thank you, Ms.[name on credit card]" have a terrible time of it.