question of the month #006
something potentially amusing for a change... inspired by my "favorite" client.
answer - mispronouncing my first name!!! i can get how you can misspell my name. i can get how you acCENT the wrong sylLAble. but i cannot get how you turn my name into the masculine form and expect me to respond positively, if at all. especially when i have sent at least half a dozen transmittals with my name clearly typed out - proper spelling and all.
for the record, it's
and not
thank you.
answer - mispronouncing my first name!!! i can get how you can misspell my name. i can get how you acCENT the wrong sylLAble. but i cannot get how you turn my name into the masculine form and expect me to respond positively, if at all. especially when i have sent at least half a dozen transmittals with my name clearly typed out - proper spelling and all.
for the record, it's
CLARICE
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, French
Pronounced: kla-REES, KLER-is (English)
From the Late Latin name Claritia, which was derived from Latin clarus "clear, bright, famous".
and not
CLARENCE
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: KLER-ents
From the Latin title Clarensis which belonged to members of the British royal family. The title ultimately derives from the name of the Clare river in Ireland.
thank you.
posted by super inday at 12:53 am
11 Comments:
how do you define 'fongi?'
bat di na lang fongi nilagay mo? hehehe i wonder how your client will mispronounce that!
ooooookaaaaaaaaaay... people, you are not answering the question!!! pet peeve # 2 - when people don't give straight answers! *sigh*
ien - you would be surprised. people mispronounce my nick, too. they read it as fon-gi, as in lon-gitude, instead of fo-ngi, as in... hmm... as in... lo-nging? basta. yun.
people, please stick to the question. i want to know if i'm the only obsessive-compulsive person who gets bugged by the weirdest things. i.e. i want to confirm that i'm weird.
you're weird... ayan, kinonfirm ko na for you. hehehe
straight answer: actually, madami akong pet peeves. pero medyo normal naman, like mali yung sukli saken sa jeep/bus, or yung taong laging naka-smile when there's nothing to smile about, or yung hindi sinasara ng mabuti ang shower/faucet... ganon. yung tipong nakakairita talaga para sa lahat.
... therefore, weird ka fong. hahaha!
Hi, ngayon ko lang narealize yung pet peave ko. it's when people text "gutom na ME" or "punta ME diyan". Yuck! Do they think they're cute texting that way?
Btw, someone replied to me through email starting with, "Dear Mr. Risha Tobias". Aaaahhhhh!
-- sino pa? =P
ok i'm totally one with anonymous poster in HATING the use of "me" in text messaging. as in, "tulog na ME." ugh.
also, as i've mentioned before, cold hard butter. how the F do i spread it?!
fongi, i hope im a model comment-er because i stick to answering the question.
pet peeve? oh boy, i could write an entire book about that. hmm let me see...
1. hypocrites
2. idiot bus / taxi /fx / jeep drivers who stop in the middle of the road
3. stupid bosses (yeah, you know who i'm talking about)
4. plastic people
5. know-it-alls
6. people with crab mentality
7. slackers who pass their work unto you ("pasa-load")
8. getting stuck behind the counter idiot at a fast-food joint
9. videoke singers who shouldn't even be anywhere near the mic and yet belt it out
10. the local architectural profession in general
11. and many, many, MANY more....
pet peeve: people who make or enforce the rules, then break them and get away with it
e.g. police cars running the red light, government officials throwing their weight around, people in positions of "moral authority" with (gasp) mistresses and illegitimate children
whatever happened to leading by example?
dont you hate it when people answer your question, with a question? =P
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haha:) was that a rhetorical question?
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