Go into an urban high school and call the role, watch the eyes role hatred your way (because you didn’t pronounce the name correctly), then get back to me. Here is a list of some of my students’ names this semester. See how many you can get right the first time through (I’ve only given you first names, so this should be easy):
Jimena
ShyYonna
Malayjah
Asiya
Maikol
Jamarion
Ramiyah
Dumarius
Shamia
Kaisia
Ala’zja (10 extra points)
Jaymz-Anthony
Tammara (careful, tricky)
Awais
Majalya
Isccas
Its like a box of incomplete scrabble pieces are tossed on a table, and they try to make “sounds” out of them.
But, the person is a Congress Critter. If you are going to call them out on the “floor” it would make sense to make sure you have their name right.
I had a problem with a UPS shipment. Ended up with Customer Service and no resolution, so I asked the worker for her name, in the event I had to continue the process.
It had at least 4 apostrophes! I cannot recall it, but I made her repeat the *spelling* a few times to make sure I got it right.
I don’t know what those mothers are thinking. I know it’s about coming up with something unique, but there should be limits.