[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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