In 9 months, I will be a graduate of Carleton College. But before that, I have to graduate. And I’ll be damned if they don’t pronounce my full name correctly at graduation. The college agrees, and so they sent out a sheet to all the graduating students that included a pronunciation guide. Here, for Carleton’s and your reference, is that guide (as always, click for larger):
My God, I’ve been screwing this one up for THREE YEARS!
By: mike on September 22, 2009
at 10:20 pm
Scottie, you are a gentleman and a scholar of the first order. Thank you so much for this.
By: Hal Edmonson on September 23, 2009
at 7:39 am
Actually, you have been mispronouncing your name for ~20 yrs. You only had it correct when you were 6 months old.
By: Bill on September 23, 2009
at 9:50 pm
Hal’s last sentence was exactly what I was going to say. Only you, sir. This may be my favorite document ever. I may have to use it to teach primary documents to my high school history kids. I would like to frame this, then take a picture of it framed, then frame that, and put it on my wall.
By: TJ on September 29, 2009
at 4:56 pm
This made my morning.
By: Peter on September 30, 2009
at 1:21 pm