OK its usually fun to let people guess the pronunciation. Ill give it to you. However, it isnt as much fun without listening to someone tie their toungue in a knot first.
Phonetically it would be spelled; Dee kev its Happy Thanksgiving Anthony > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Stevenson, Charles > Sent: Wednesday, November 23, 2005 2:38 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [U2] User Name Change on Win XP affects Universe > > > > @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/ ------- u2-users mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
