Herb and Jamaal by Stephen Bentley for November 12, 2020

So people are really thin skinned when their names are mispronounced, others like Jamaal and I are used to it, and just correct it and move on.

One sided rude behavior is getting worse than ever. Often when I try to reason with someone I’m treated to some very pugnacious behavior. But if I am angry then I’m a b….

Beelzebub? ok got it. Though I always thought that spelling was just pronounced Bob.

This has to do with all the right-leaning pundits deliberately mispronouncing “Kamala” and not caring when called out, doesn’t it?

Guess how often my name gets mispronounced?Oh-lee is correct.

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

I always say “Call me anything. Just don’t call me later for dinner!”

My last name is only three letters long, but is very commonly mispronounced. Many years ago I learned that when someone asked my last name I should SPELL it out. Only after I saw that they had written it down correctly should I pronounce it.

Baya-bub sounds enough like Beelzebub, that let’s just go with that.

I remember the BBC show Keeping Up Appearances where the main character insisted that her name be pronounced Bouquet, but it was spelled Bucket.