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01-19-2003, 09:36 AM

My name is too easy to fuck up, but believe it or not, I still get the occasional idiot that goes "David... Hom? Hom."

"Uh, yeah. It's actually Ham. Like it's spelled."

The name itself is from a city in England where my ancestors emigrated from when they came to the US in the 1600's. I don't know what their names were, but I would have been known as "David of Ham"... which sounds much better, of course, than "David Ham". But the "of" got dropped and here I am.

I have thought about taking Jenni's last name when we get married. (We're not engaged, but it's inevitable. She's way too good to pass up and for some stupid reason actually loves me.) "David Moore". It doesn't sound too bad. The only reason I really care is because my sister is, in our family, "Jenn[i/ie/y] Ham", and I couldn't stand to have another "Jenni Ham". That would just drive me nuts.

I thought Terry's last name was pronounced Blas-ten-bree, which just adds to my perfect record of fucking up the pronunciation of every word whenever I read it online. I thought I had "Shepps" down but it's probably pronounced "Shapps" or "Sheeps" or something. Anyway, when T-$ and I were on the phone the other night, I asked him how it was pronounced and he corrected me. Which means I'll still manage to fuck it all up all the time. Such is the life of David of Ham.

01-19-2003, 09:36 AM	#6
dave Guest Posts: n/a	My name is too easy to fuck up, but believe it or not, I still get the occasional idiot that goes "David... Hom? Hom." "Uh, yeah. It's actually Ham. Like it's spelled." The name itself is from a city in England where my ancestors emigrated from when they came to the US in the 1600's. I don't know what their names were, but I would have been known as "David of Ham"... which sounds much better, of course, than "David Ham". But the "of" got dropped and here I am. I have thought about taking Jenni's last name when we get married. (We're not engaged, but it's inevitable. She's way too good to pass up and for some stupid reason actually loves me.) "David Moore". It doesn't sound too bad. The only reason I really care is because my sister is, in our family, "Jenn[i/ie/y] Ham", and I couldn't stand to have another "Jenni Ham". That would just drive me nuts. I thought Terry's last name was pronounced Blas-ten-bree, which just adds to my perfect record of fucking up the pronunciation of every word whenever I read it online. I thought I had "Shepps" down but it's probably pronounced "Shapps" or "Sheeps" or something. Anyway, when T-$ and I were on the phone the other night, I asked him how it was pronounced and he corrected me. Which means I'll still manage to fuck it all up all the time. Such is the life of David of Ham.