Re: The difficulties of raising your kids to be properly homophobic

Glenn Willen wrote:
> In article <4PednTybm70KY__VnZ2dnUVZ_jydnZ2d@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, Pat Kight
wrote:
>> *raises hand*
>>
>> My life-long struggle to keep a superfluous "n" out of my surname began

>> on the first day of kindergarten.
>>
>> And continues to this day, with such memorable moments as the first 
>> byline at each newspaper/wire service I worked for.
>>
>> Everyone thinks I'm a typo.
>>
> 
> <delurks>
> You know, in all the time I've lurked here (and occasionally posted), I
have
> always read the superfluous "n" into your name. This is the first time I
have
> ever pronounced your name correctly in my head, and I must have seen it
on
> dozens if not hundreds of messages. So I can see how it might have
caused you
> trouble. :-)

Almost everybody who first encounters my name in writing says that. 
(Those who first hear it spoken assume it's spelled "kite" - or, oddly, 
"Kyte.")

> <relurks>

Hey, not so fast! You delurk on my account, you get to stick around for 
a "welcome to alt.poly!"

-- 
Pat Kight
kightp@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>