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"It can be very difficult to correctly pronounce a list of Black student names in today's schools."

A friend of mine had this exact problem. As an elementary school teacher she makes a habit of asking children to introduce themselves to the class. My friend is afraid she may mispronounce some of the "unique" names.

Amoung the list of potentially difficult names to pronounce were these:

Twin boys Got up and introduced themselves as "La-mon-je-Lo" and "O-ron-je-LO. Their names were spelled "Lemonjello" and "Orangejello".

One young girl pronounced her name as "Fe-mah-lay". It was spelled "Female"

The best of all was one little girl who got up and announced she was "Shee-thee-ahd". She was very proud of her unique name and spoke it loudly. My teacher friend was glad she had taken time to ask for the correct pronunciation because it was spelled "Shithead."

Twin boys Got up and introduced themselves as "La-mon-je-Lo" and "O-ron-je-LO. Their names were spelled "Lemonjello" and "Orangejello".

See. Everyone has a different version of this story and everyone swears to it. Lord, you people are simple.

RE your post #78 - I stand by my comment because it is ther truth. It is extremely difficult to correctly pronounce today's student names, especially black names. Try it yourself sometime, and see how far you get with some of these names.