I noticed.


QUOTE Actually, yes it does and not just Al. I'm weird about that across the board. There are a lot of different kinds of names out there, and each one deserves the respect of correct pronounciation.
Well sure, it's a little irritating (One of my pet peeves is that so many people pronounce Celeborn as "Seleborn" instead of "Keleborn"), and I don't mean to be critical or anything, so, my apologies if it came across that way, I'm just a little surprised at some peoples' reaction to...mispronunciation. And I agree with you that names do deserve proper pronunciation, but you can hardly get angry with someone when they initialy mispronounce a name. What gets me is when people continue to mispronounce names after being corrected, that's when I start to get irritated.
QUOTE I am of Polish descent so my maiden name is one of those unpronouncable ones. It really didn't irritate me when uninformed others did not say it coorectly, but it DOES bother me that my own siblings take an easy way out and do not pronounce it exactly as it should be.
Well, there ya go, just what I was saying. You can't really blame an "offender" if they don't know how to properly pronounce a name, but after they're corrected...well, then you have the right to thwack them with a pillow. :biggrin:
QUOTE Welcome aboard, El Ravager!
Thanks!
