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Re: The Pronunciation is..

To: "Mark Watson" <whoahonda@yahoo.com>, <ba-autox@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: The Pronunciation is..
From: "Josh Sirota" <josh@sirota.org>
Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2002 14:48:59 -0700
As the announcer who butchered Joe's name yesterday, I'd like to suggest
that the best thing to do for people with hard-to-pronounce names is to
write the pronounciation right on their card.  One enterprising soul did
this in group 5 yesterday for me and it was great (thanks!)

Josh

----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark Watson" <whoahonda@yahoo.com>
To: <ba-autox@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, April 29, 2002 2:35 PM
Subject: Re: The Pronunciation is..


> This is great !! - are there any other folks out there that have
challenging First _or_ Last names that would like to correct us Anouncers in
the Trailer.
> I was the one butchering the names in run group 4.
>
> (Maybe I need to get to know all the people in the group I work for)
>
> -Mark
>
> ESP Mustang GT  #29
>
>
>
>   Date: Sun, 28 Apr 2002 19:47:56 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Joe Ciarcia <veloimpreza@yahoo.com>
> Subject: The pronunciation is...
>
> "Char cha" spelled Ciarcia (Italian... unfortunately I
> don't seem to have inherited any Ferrari genes :-( ).
> I heard the announcer for run group 5 ask and I don't
> know who it was. So if you're out there, now you know.
>
> Of course... given the number of names I mispronounced
> today I probably deserve having my name intentionally
> mispronounced <grin>.
> Yahoo! Health - your guide to health and wellness

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