Heh. One of our network guys is Polish and from the Milwaukee area. He has a name that is nearly all consonants. One of the “tests” for a new employee is to introduce them to him and then ask them to pronounce his last name (it’s on a sign on the outside of his cubicle as is everyone’s.)
I walked up and said, “Hi, Steve Zxbfhagrty. Glad to meet you.” Lots of stunned faces around me. Hee. I worked with a guy at Kohler who had a last name that was consonants with only the letters “a” and “y”. They had to spell out his name phonetically on his business card, as there was nearly no way you could see it cold and be able to pronounce it. Grzywacz It’s pronounced “gree-vatch”. That’s why it’s really easy to pick out someone who’s new to the area when you live there. Their butchering of the local names is a dead giveaway. -D > On Jun 21, 2017, at 2:46 PM, Mitch Haley via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > wrote: > > >> On June 21, 2017 at 2:26 PM Dan Penoff via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> >> wrote: >> It’s Knutson, just so you know…. > > I took a guess without looking it up. > I'm not used to spelling the name with only seven letters... > > Mitch. > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
