David Gerard wrote:
By the way, I would strongly questoin GerardM's
assertion that the person's
way of pronouncing their name is *correct*, in the sense of people
pronouncing it differently being *incorrect*.
:-) As a matter of courtesy I try really hard to pronounce GerardM's
name in the way that he does (Dutch way) but it's basically impossible
for me, and feels embarassing. So I vary between just giving up and
pronouncing it the American way, and mangling it. ;-)
--Jimbo
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