[LMB] accents OT:

WILLIAM A WENRICH wawenri at msn.com
Sun Oct 29 13:29:22 GMT 2006


bellecarolbethling at icmail.net<mailto:bellecarolbethling at icmail.net> wrote:

>these screen readers really mess up Spanish and other types of 
>names it even messes up Wenrich. lol. is it pronounced Wenrick? 
>My last name is Reeder. how easy is that?

They do better with German derived names - That is exactly how it is pronounced. Some branches of the family have gone ahead and changed the last letter; some are more stubborn.

There is some help in having an unusual last name. I have no problem hanging up on people asking for Mr. Wrench or Mr. Wench. 

Bill Wenrich
People are funny; they want the front of the bus, the middle of the road, and the back of the church.


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