This name story is a little long, but it is pretty funny. Stick with it if you can.
So, the name.
Arnaude Mpeck Lewathsadjoepse
And here's the rest of the story. This nice lady called me to get some assistance with our training (IT Security Awareness training I am the point man for). One of the modules is quite troublesome. So after she said her name, I asked for it again, as I didn't hear it clearly. So she spelled it out for me. And she apparently has to do this quite often, as she used phonetics also. "M, as in Mike; P as in Paul; E as in uh...Edward (a little snicker here from her...my name is Edward); C as in Cat; K as in Kitten (another little snicker)". I said "wow", thank you for that.
I told her that I would send her an e-mail with some tips to complete the module. I said "so your e-mail address is mpeck...what @xxxx.edu?" She said oh, no. My e-mail is "A as in Apple; dot (a period); L as in Little; E as in Edward (the little snicker again); W as in Water; and well, you can see where this is going. She kept going, and that name kept going. Thank God for autocomplete! I typed in a.lewat, then hit the "check name" button in Outlook, and yes...it filled in the rest;
[email protected]
Oh, did I mention that she went my Mpeck? With the M and P kind of "blended", or run together. I never even heard, nor did I ask her to say her last name. It wouldn't have done any good anyway.
