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From: ingrid@pilchuck.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Harbors and harbours
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Date: Wed, 5-Mar-86 19:40:46 EST
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> >How would you like it if someone deliberately mispronounced
> >your name and seemed to insist that they, not you, were
> >correct?
> 
> As long as we want the meaning of "correct" to be somewhat objective,
> I don't think this is a problem. If the origin of a name is agreed
> upon, it seems clear to me that the originator is the one to tell
> you how it should be pronounced.
> 
> -- 
> Anders Andersson, Dept. of Computer Systems, Uppsala University, Sweden

Bravo for your words! Try going through childhood in America, with a 
"weird" name like Ingrid Tenggren.....;-) I think in the long run, it
had the effect of making me fiercely proud of my heritage....