In college one of my college professors was Dr. Igor Szczyrba (hyperlinked as evidence that there is a poor soul with that last name). He was (obviously) of some Eastern European background. I often made comments to my friends like, "Can I buy another vowel?" and "What kind of last name has eight letters and only one vowel?"
Only later in life (something like five years after the fact), I'm still joking around with my friends about this unfortunate soul's last name - and it hits me: How many vowels are in "McKnight"?
Well, last week I had a meeting with Bruce Caughey, director of communication for the school district. And again, I find myself saying "How do you get 'Coy' from 'Caughey'? There's all these random silent letters!"
Today it hits me that there are a few silent letters in the last name of somebody else I know.
So, do me a favor and call me Row-ger MicKanigit from time to time to remind me how stupid my name is. Thanks!
That's PRICELESS! I laughed so hard when you asked "how many vowels are there in McKnight?" Poor, unfortunate soul!
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