> > Liz,
> > Do you know how lucky you are? I'd give anything for a name like Dockendorf. If you become a writer, you will never need a pen name. Think of "by Liz Dockendorf" on the dust jacket. How many people have a ten-letter name that is easy to spell? Anybody can pronounce it.
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> But everyone always asks me how to spell it (pharmacists, clerks at Microcenter, etc.) I've gotten into the habit of spelling it out for them before they even ask. I suppose I could just say "spell it like it sounds."

yeah, but those people will ask you how to spell SMITH.... at least if you read "dockendorf" you aren't gonna mis-pronounce it unless you're reeeally stupid. try "Yorgey"... pronounced "YOUR-gee" with a hard g.... people either pronounce it with a soft "g", or as "your-GAY".... and then there are the people who spell it "Yorkey"... sigh

uni"us poor people with strange names"peg