:) But in good news, I'm at Borders in Sandy Springs and no one can bother me from my studies. I don't ever run into people here-- it's very nice, secluded, and full of stimulation from books if I get bored with Mahalnobis cluster analysis.
In other news, I had to pay my graduation fee (yes! they make you pay to LEAVE!) yesterday at the Bursar's office; I handed the girl behind the counter a piece of paper that literally had NAME:___________ with my name on it. She asked my name and I told her. She looked at the paper and asked me, "how do you spell that?" I mean-- it's written right there! So then I spell it out for her, thinking that maybe I just made my f's too much like integral signs or something and maybe she felt the urge to integrate "-inger" from "e" to "l"-- but she still spelled it wrong. Did you know that my last name ends in GINGER? Because it does, now.
I am so grateful that soon I will NEVER spell my last name again for anyone!!
You know, you'd think there would be no way to misspell my last name, but sadly, people manage... Is that with an o or an e? Is it spelled with a double s? How about a double t?
ReplyDeleteNonetheless, yeah...it's a lot better. Trust me on that!
:)
ReplyDeletea double "t"?-- that's not even phonetically the same!-- i suppose i can't blame them too much-- i'm too hooked on phonics to spell correctly, i suppose they don't know enough about phonics to spell correctly. I suppose the distribution of "ability to spell" is probably bimodal and me (and those who I make fun of for spelling badly) actually make up for the majority of the population.
ah, irony! I found it.