tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11955271.post8385524003804230980..comments2024-03-08T01:48:00.413-08:00Comments on Austin to Africa, Brasil to the Bay: Why??Ali Ambrosiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00521627345210424042noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11955271.post-19083495288326365672007-11-05T23:43:00.000-08:002007-11-05T23:43:00.000-08:00I know how that feels! At a book signing where the...I know how that feels! At a book signing where the guy was not Romanian, I handed him my business card cause I figured it's hard to spell a foreign name. And with the card in his hand, he still wrote Alna on the book...:PAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11955271.post-68829670137034819002007-11-05T09:16:00.000-08:002007-11-05T09:16:00.000-08:00I have a name ending with an a meaning female. I ...I have a name ending with an a meaning female. I still cringe when it is mispronounced and I become male. Some Americans have a very, very hard time with it. I used to accomodate such inadequacies with nicknames, but now I just make everyone say EDUARDA.Eduardahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03098680340426700868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11955271.post-11940157025804447892007-11-05T07:35:00.000-08:002007-11-05T07:35:00.000-08:00A friend just wondered if perhaps people were misp...A friend just wondered if perhaps people were mispronouncing my name, or saying it with such a thick/different accent it sounded like Alexander to me. Unfortunately, no, all of the mess-ups have been in writing, including Ludmila this afternoon.<BR/><BR/>I am going to have to do some stern correcting the next time it happens. Today I just subtly wrote back using my name spelled the proper way, hoping she'd catch her own mistake. We'll see.Ali Ambrosiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00521627345210424042noreply@blogger.com