I secured a domain name of my own name. I had the best of intentions to make an email address easy for people to spell. It was only after securing
it for a couple years that I got schooled on just how unable grown "English as a first language" adults can spell and/or pronunciate the 5 letters of Taber....
I decided if they can't spell rabidjackal.com, then it's one less email I have to deal with.
As the story goes... I grew up with a simple last name that was easy to spell yet everyone in the free world decided it was spelled with either two
O’s and / or no E.
Morehouse was simple – like the college and / or
the mustard. People refused to believe me. It makes me wonder who
ties these people's shoes....
I married into the surname of Taber and was told that spelling the 5
letters would not get any easier. The E in Taber
would be swapped for an O because it would be
clear that I don’t know how to spell my own name.
Truer words were never said.
Additionally, it's pronounced TAY BRR – like you're really cold.
99 % of population pronounce it as "TABBER" as in the first
5 letters of the word "TABERNACLE". The days of learning words
in school is a thing of the past. Years ago, a recent high school graduate
called me "Tabber" and I pointed out there's only 1 B so that makes
it TaYber. He told me English teachers no longer teach pronunciation.
WHAT??? Our property tax dollars pay for public schools and they
don't teach kids to NOT sound like hillbillies or uneducated college
graduates?
Regardless of reasons for mispronunciation, I spell out my name
and accentuate the E and without
missing a beat, I’ll be watching a person write my name down
with O! It’s not like I have an accent
or a mouthful of socks.
My email address ends in rabidjackal.com.
Bark At Me.
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