> @LOGNAME = 'anthonylaptop\Anthony Dzikiewicz' it is awkward 
> because of the space.  Keyvalues with spaces are awkward to deal with.
> 
> Anthony


My dear Mr. Dzikiewicz,

The <space> is the least of the awkwardness.  Shoot, I have a hard
enough time spelling "Stevenson"!  (We have this security logging thing
that tracks attempted logins.  It's embarrassing how many variants on my
name are in there.)

Sorry, I couldn't resist.  One of my favorite authors is named
Budziszewski.  The closest I can come to pronouncing it in my Standard
American English (SAE) dialect is "Boo-duh-SHEFF-ski".  My sister
married into a Dutch surname, "Schreurs", which they pronounce
"Skrooss", which rhymes with "Bruce".  I've wanted to ask you how you
pronounce "Dzikiewicz", or at least what approximation you would find
acceptable by us poor sots whose tongues are limited to SAE.

All meant in fun.  I'm happy to beat up on my own ethnic group with
Ole&Lena jokes if Charles "hardnosed moderator" Barouch wouldn't kick us
out of the pool.

Happy Thanksgiving,
Chuck

P.S.  I have a friend who gets around it by telling generic ethnic
jokes, as in "How many ethnic guys does it take to ..." 

P.P.S.  But that's sexist, isn't it?  It only picks on the men.
-------
u2-users mailing list
[email protected]
To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/

Reply via email to