A stranger in the store about my daughter:
"Oh, what a beautiful baby!"
Tam, smiling:
"Thank you."
Stranger, smiling as well:
"What's her name?"
Tam, still smiling:
"Britain, like GREAT Britain"
Stranger, puzzled:
"Britney?"
Tam, no longer smiling:
"Britain"
Stranger, uncomprehensive of any original thought:
"BRITney?"
Tam, louder:
"Britain!"
Stranger (and stranger):
"BritNEY?"
Tam, sighing:
"Yes."
4 comments:
Here's the thing Tam, people mispronounce my name all the damn time. "Kiersten?", "Kirsten?", "Christy?", "Christine?"
Also, you should have named her Britney. Or just say thats her name and maybe they will get it right.
"what is her name" stranger
"I can't say because you look too stupid to understand" tam
This "stranger" was just an example of how many times I get "Britney". Even my own father had a difficult time with it at first. But its all in fun, of course. There are some assholes that take me too seriously on here (not you, Sharon) and I guess it is hard to convey sarcasm over the internet. So I've made up a new term as well: SDC (Sarcasm Doesn't Convey) and I normally write it in emails but perhaps I'll start here as well. And the overly-sensitive people who constantly think I'm either quite serious or talking about them can either understand, or stop reading my damn blog.
I think you should just say different names each time.
"What's her name?"
"Clarence."
"I'm sorry, what did you say it was?"
"Jennifer."
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