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Subject: Re: [PIATT] Pronounciation and sorry
Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2001 14:00:32 -0700 (PDT)

How funny! I though my husband was the only one who says "Well, Buddy, if
you can't even pronounce my name - I know I don't need to talk to you.
click" He sees it as an easy and cheap message screening device. I hate to
be rude (he's much better at it), but, it does irritate to have your name
slaughtered so often. Marianne Pyfatt (my favorite misspelling (on a payment
booklet, no less)).

On Wed, 11 Apr 2001 22:28:34 -0400, wrote:

> Sorry to send the message to the list that I intended to send to Nancy
> privately. The old eyeballs must have been pretty well crossed. Thanks
> goodness I didn't make one of my smart aleck comments in the message.
>
> One advantage of having a difficult to pronounce name is that I don't
talk to
> any telemarketers who can't get it right. If they can't pronounce my
name
> correctly, they must not know me, so it's "Sorry, wrong number."
> --
> Laverne Ingram Piatt
> Ontario, OH
>
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