Comments on: how do you spell your last name

By: free

free — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 14:40:55 +0000

my name is mahdi. my last name is mahdiei. i’m electronic engineer of iran.i’m 27 years old. i have 1 brother and 1 sisters. now i wearing gray pajamas. i go english institute every day. i can speak english very bad but i can write english very well.
see you later……….

By: Samson Fu

Samson Fu — Mon, 25 May 2009 05:22:57 +0000

Haha my last name is Fu. And yes, I've gotten lots of weird looks when I spell it. Now I've learned to spell it “F as in Frank, U as in Uncle” (even when I give out my email address at work), so it isn't so overt.

By: mell

mell — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 10:15:44 +0000

thats gay. i wanna know how to spell england in german

By: ray

ray — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 18:08:07 +0000

i am trying to spell a name, its grousendorf, i don,t think this is the right spelling. its a last persons last name, and i believe it is german, if anyone who knows please e-mail me,thank you

By: Daniel K. Eng

Daniel K. Eng — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 04:00:34 +0000

the basketball arena (where the 76ers play) used to be called the First Union Center. It became a running joke on sports radio.

I say “Eng- like in England.” Yes, I have my own nation. Or theme park.

By: MaxT

MaxT — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 19:47:20 +0000

MAX – like the Roach Spray
T – O – double-R – E – S

By: purpose

purpose — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 14:31:12 +0000

how does this topic represent your faith?

By: daniel so

daniel so — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 06:12:02 +0000

DJ — I love this post! You wouldn’t believe the trouble I’ve had with my two-letter last name. The most confused CSR I spoke to asked if my last name was “Soesso” because I first said it (“So”) and then spelled it (“S-O”). Once I received some junk mail addressed to “Daniel Sieuw” — I guess two letters felt a bit short?

By: betsy

betsy — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 13:45:43 +0000

both my last names are pretty common/straightforward (though we still get Hemmings a lot), but at least once a day for the past 17 years I’ve uttered the phrase “two word last name, space no hyphen”. I can’t tell you how many people said to me, “Oh, you’ll give it up – in a year, you’ll be so sick of correcting people that you’ll just use Henning.” They underestimated my stubbornness, apparently.

Recently my two-and-a-half-year-old has begun proudly announcing to anyone who will listen “I’m IanMitchellHenning!” and slapping his chest. No hyphen indeed.

By: Jenn

Jenn — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 16:04:35 +0000

My maiden name was verbally spelled: “R A N, as in Nancy, W E Z, as in zebra” It’s a little easier now: “H A M, as in Mary, E L.”

By: david wierzbicki

david wierzbicki — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 23:47:57 +0000

dj, you have hit upon a sore spot… you have no idea..

the horror!

By: tom

tom — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 19:01:48 +0000

yep…i have that issue too…all the time. the first part is a sinch… t o m. its the last that i use a modified NATO phonetic… Robert Ocean Edward Paul King Edward.

By: kingsley grant

kingsley grant — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 18:56:00 +0000

i can just imagine what it must have been like for the person whose last name is Fu. he or she must have smiled each time someone asked them to spell their last name. what about Charlie Hid Uncle Andrew’s Nail Gun? just a thought. i like your script especially the dj part. my last name is grant so i just say “as in grant you a favor”. i constantly have to repeat my first name which is kingsley. i need to work on “sumn’ myself.

By: thomas mathie

thomas mathie — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 16:15:25 +0000

I use the NATO phonetic alphabet to spell my surname… otherwise I get MASSEY or MATTIE.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NATO_phonetic_alphabet

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