Spelling names

[Peter A. McGraw]

I think the whole concept of spelling having any relationship to sound is
fading.  You wouldn't believe how often I spell my name and have somebody
read it back to me queryingly as, "m-c-g-a-r-w?"  I mean, how do they
propose to pronounce THAT?

Pteer McGarw

--On Tue, Sep 26, 2000 2:02 PM -0600 "Karl J. Krahnke"
<krahnke at LAMAR.COLOSTATE.EDU> wrote:

> So what do I do with my name?  KRAHNKE
>
> Graphotactically, when I "spell" it for folks, they very frequently write
> KAR ...
>
> Even when I say, "K" (pause) "R" (pause).
>
> Karl Krahnke
> Colorado State University



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                               Peter A. McGraw
                   Linfield College   *   McMinnville, OR
                            pmcgraw at linfield.edu