Aunty Acid by Ged Backland for February 19, 2020

Auntie, try being the only Portuguese kid in a ’60’s school filled with Irish, Polish, and Italian kids.

My surname’s Jewish, with a guttural “ch”, the English can’t handle… Sometimes I’m not sure of the pronunciation myself…

Auntie, Ontie, potayto potawto…

People don’t even try to say our last name. I know it’s me when they say, Miss Nannette. . .?"

I have never learned to pronounce my last name properly. The last version I heard always seems like it might be the right way to pronounce it.

It should be Auntie Acid, Aunty.

It’s not what you call me. It’s what I answer to.

It’s pronounced…“Prilosec”! ;o]

my last name starts with Die and should be pronounced DEE but 99% of people pronounce it wrong.

My brother and I pronounce our last names differently. Both of us swear that’s how our father pronounced it.

How many ways are there to pronounce A$$ID? ☺

How difficult can ‘Acid’ be? May last name is almost always misspelled, but I can understand why, it looks French but sound Jewish.

Then there is having a last name (maiden AND married) that is the same as a popular TV show. No, I haven’t heard that joke before. There is a clue here.

I think the funniest misspelling of my first name was when someone spelled it with a “y” on the end rather than “ie” and never put it together that it’s the name of a month. Julie vs July

Mine is often misspelled and mispronounced, but I know exactly to say it.