[bookshare-discuss] Re: courtesy to Pavi

  • From: "Judy s." <cherryjam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2008 14:14:27 -0600

Pavi, isn't it fun to have a name that doesn't... quite... translate into American english, in terms of how it sounds?
My dad immigrated to the U.S. from what is now Serbia. Immigration services at Ellis Island couldn't figure out either his first name or his last name because of the pronunciation and because his documents were written using the Russian alphabet. So they assigned him a new first name, and made a last name up that they sorta kinda thought sounded like the right one. People can't pronounce that one correctly, either. grin. 

Judy s.

Pavi Mehta wrote:

Smiling big from the continued variations on my name and the wonderful
patience, humor and thoughtful attentiveness the list has brought to it.
No apologies necessary at all. If anything I apologize for not writing
in earlier with clarification when this subject came up awhile ago. But
for those still interested in the pronunciation -- Sue had it right in
the mail she sent out. The first syllable is pronounced exactly like the
first syllable in "puppy". 
And just so you all know -- Pavi or Patty or Potty (as one of the most
comical variations would have it), I tend to take the Shakespearean, "A
rose by any other name would smell as sweet" philosophy with all of this
(grin).

Pavi




-----Original Message-----
From: E. [mailto:thoth93@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2008 4:22 PM 
To: bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: courtesy to Pavi

I am very sorry. I apologize to you to Pavi and to the rest of the list.
E.



At 07:14 PM 11/11/2008, you wrote:
Um if you are referring to the email slightly quoted below this message, the person was writing to me, not Pavi. Yes, she spelled my name wrong but I am sure it was an error. 
Patti

Throw all your worries on Him, for He cares for you.
1 Peter 5-7,
 Good News for Modern Man, Today's English Version
----- Original Message -----
From: <mailto:thoth93@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>E.
To:

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Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2008 7:11 PM
Subject: [bookshare-discuss] courtesy to Pavi

Folks our speech synthesizers may pronounce our volunteer
co-ordinator's name in different ways. We may not all remember Pavi's
message on how to pronounce her name. But we can all learn to spell
it correctly.

It is spelled
p a v i
.



At 06:59 PM 11/11/2008, you wrote:

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