When I met Gerard in Rotterdam, he said "hi, I am Gerard". I answered I did not know him... Could not recognise a name though it is a name used in France...he had to spell it :-)
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Jimmy (Jimbo) Wales a écrit:
David Gerard wrote:
By the way, I would strongly questoin GerardM's assertion that the person's way of pronouncing their name is *correct*, in the sense of people pronouncing it differently being *incorrect*.
:-) As a matter of courtesy I try really hard to pronounce GerardM's name in the way that he does (Dutch way) but it's basically impossible for me, and feels embarassing. So I vary between just giving up and pronouncing it the American way, and mangling it. ;-)
--Jimbo