[Magdalen] My favorite name...recently

Scott Knitter scottknitter at gmail.com
Tue Mar 6 23:51:56 UTC 2018


One should be thankful one doesn't live in Westphalia, Michigan, where
everyone is named Koenigsknecht, Thelen, or Armbrustmacher.

The first name I listed is often pronounced "K-13." :) Or massacred as
"cunn-ISH-connect."

On Tue, Mar 6, 2018 at 5:44 PM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com> wrote:

> One of the columnists in the Washington used to do s column from time in
> which he would give examples of people with perfect names for their
> occupations. Some were pretty funny. The only one I can remember offhand
> right now was Dr. Shue, pronounced “Shoo-ee.”  He was, of course, a
> podiatrist.
>
> > On Mar 6, 2018, at 5:21 PM, Allan Carr <allanc25 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > A podiatrist in town is named Dr. Payne. Pleasant fellow. I wonder what
> kind of ribbing he got in school.
>



-- 
Scott R. Knitter
Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA


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