The Vent - Part 2

[trailmix 77]

I think I have vented about this before... but I am living in the USA now right? My name is a state: Nevada.

Yet I have never encountered so many people who look at me weird and ask me how to spell it. I always ask them if they have a map and they go: "Ohh like the state!"

I just want to look at them and say: "No like the planet."

Dum dee dum.

Well, it's not your run of the mill name. This is the U.S., and you never know how people are going to spell their names. I had a university course with a guy whose name was pronounced the same as mine..... however, his parents butchered the spelling. Rhobhert is NOT the same as Robert. kkthxbai

Nice try, but i'm not buying this explanation (plus I hear you don't even know how to use a fax machine)

[wowswift 3]

I think I have vented about this before... but I am living in the USA now right? My name is a state: Nevada.

Yet I have never encountered so many people who look at me weird and ask me how to spell it. I always ask them if they have a map and they go: "Ohh like the state!"

I just want to look at them and say: "No like the planet."

Dum dee dum.

Well, it's not your run of the mill name. This is the U.S., and you never know how people are going to spell their names. I had a university course with a guy whose name was pronounced the same as mine..... however, his parents butchered the spelling. Rhobhert is NOT the same as Robert. kkthxbai

Well I just find it funny that in Canada people got it... but down here most people don't.

People also don't pronounce it right half of the time either, something else I find to quite funny.

Oh well thats the cost of having an awesome name I guess.

lol i think they say it wrong because people say it two different ways, its like the whole tomato/tomAto debate. same with Nevada lol

[trailmix 77]

lol i think they say it wrong because people say it two different ways, its like the whole tomato/tomAto debate. same with Nevada lol

I have only ever heard it pronounced .... normally, what is the other way?

(like it is here) http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Nevada

Oh hang on...you mean Na-vahhh-da

Still not buying it!

Edited May 15, 2009 by trailmix

[Sprailenes 47]

lol i think they say it wrong because people say it two different ways, its like the whole tomato/tomAto debate. same with Nevada lol

I have only ever heard it pronounced .... normally, what is the other way?

(like it is here) http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Nevada

Oh hang on...you mean Na-vahhh-da

Still not buying it!

Exactly.

[The_Dude 1,142]

LoL, I probably pronounce it wrong

I aparently clicked on the wrong link and didn't even notice for a good 10 minutes. I clicked on China instead of Canada and saw a bunch of unread threads. So I read a few and then I finally realized that I was in the wrong forum.

[thetreble 19]

No one read this okay? Just...skip over it

What the heck is with some people in here lately???

Ok thats all

[wowswift 3]

No one read this okay? Just...skip over it

What the heck is with some people in here lately???

Ok thats all

lol. i have to say, even though it sucks for you, the wedding saga is a good read and seriously crazy.

[thetreble 19]

I'm glad you enjoy it! haha Nevada and Jill really encouraged me to make a story out of it after i was telling them all about it in person.

[JillA 2]

I saw this episode of 20/20 last night, which was about this missing girl in AZ, presumably killed... anyway they were talking about how common it is to have sex offenders in your neighborhood, and you have no idea. Now it must be public, so I went to the website to put in our zipcode just to check. The amount of offenders disgusted me, I actually feel sick after looking at the map. You can click on the thing and it gives the offenders picture, name and address and what they were convicted of. Just looking at all of these people leaving very closeby, I probably pass them in the grocery store, etc. It just sickens me to know these predators are roaming around here, and everywhere. I was very surprised to see how many are just really close to home. I don't even have kids yet, and it scares me to death!

[Sprailenes 47]

I saw this episode of 20/20 last night, which was about this missing girl in AZ, presumably killed... anyway they were talking about how common it is to have sex offenders in your neighborhood, and you have no idea. Now it must be public, so I went to the website to put in our zipcode just to check. The amount of offenders disgusted me, I actually feel sick after looking at the map. You can click on the thing and it gives the offenders picture, name and address and what they were convicted of. Just looking at all of these people leaving very closeby, I probably pass them in the grocery store, etc. It just sickens me to know these predators are roaming around here, and everywhere. I was very surprised to see how many are just really close to home. I don't even have kids yet, and it scares me to death!

You probably have worked with some and you didn't even know it.

There are so many sex offenders... its crazy. People think I am insecure for not allowing anyone to babysit my son, but it could literally be anyone who is doing that stuff. I even get worried about him going to school, you hear about teachers sleeping with their students. It is a scary world we live in.

[July09Bride 1]

I think I have vented about this before... but I am living in the USA now right? My name is a state: Nevada.

Yet I have never encountered so many people who look at me weird and ask me how to spell it. I always ask them if they have a map and they go: "Ohh like the state!"

I just want to look at them and say: "No like the planet."

Dum dee dum.

Well, it's not your run of the mill name. This is the U.S., and you never know how people are going to spell their names. I had a university course with a guy whose name was pronounced the same as mine..... however, his parents butchered the spelling. Rhobhert is NOT the same as Robert. kkthxbai

Well I just find it funny that in Canada people got it... but down here most people don't.

People also don't pronounce it right half of the time either, something else I find to quite funny.

Oh well thats the cost of having an awesome name I guess.

So, do you pronounce it like we do from the southwestern part of the US?? Where the A is "aaaaah" not "ahhhhh"?? Or, are you an "ahhhhh" kinda girl???

[JillA 2]

I saw this episode of 20/20 last night, which was about this missing girl in AZ, presumably killed... anyway they were talking about how common it is to have sex offenders in your neighborhood, and you have no idea. Now it must be public, so I went to the website to put in our zipcode just to check. The amount of offenders disgusted me, I actually feel sick after looking at the map. You can click on the thing and it gives the offenders picture, name and address and what they were convicted of. Just looking at all of these people leaving very closeby, I probably pass them in the grocery store, etc. It just sickens me to know these predators are roaming around here, and everywhere. I was very surprised to see how many are just really close to home. I don't even have kids yet, and it scares me to death!

You probably have worked with some and you didn't even know it.

There are so many sex offenders... its crazy. People think I am insecure for not allowing anyone to babysit my son, but it could literally be anyone who is doing that stuff. I even get worried about him going to school, you hear about teachers sleeping with their students. It is a scary world we live in.

Yeah and it's not just sex offenders against children, the yellow box on the map means the person was convicted of rape and a red box means an offence against a child. So there are also known rapists roaming around here, it's so freaky.

[Sprailenes 47]

I think I have vented about this before... but I am living in the USA now right? My name is a state: Nevada.

Yet I have never encountered so many people who look at me weird and ask me how to spell it. I always ask them if they have a map and they go: "Ohh like the state!"

I just want to look at them and say: "No like the planet."

Dum dee dum.

Well, it's not your run of the mill name. This is the U.S., and you never know how people are going to spell their names. I had a university course with a guy whose name was pronounced the same as mine..... however, his parents butchered the spelling. Rhobhert is NOT the same as Robert. kkthxbai

Well I just find it funny that in Canada people got it... but down here most people don't.

People also don't pronounce it right half of the time either, something else I find to quite funny.

Oh well thats the cost of having an awesome name I guess.

So, do you pronounce it like we do from the southwestern part of the US?? Where the A is "aaaaah" not "ahhhhh"?? Or, are you an "ahhhhh" kinda girl???

Ahh.

Not nev-aw-da

I have heard it Na-vay-da as well.

Its funny because there were people in Canada who would say Nev-aw-da and I would always correct them.

[July09Bride 1]

I think I have vented about this before... but I am living in the USA now right? My name is a state: Nevada.

Yet I have never encountered so many people who look at me weird and ask me how to spell it. I always ask them if they have a map and they go: "Ohh like the state!"

I just want to look at them and say: "No like the planet."

Dum dee dum.

Well, it's not your run of the mill name. This is the U.S., and you never know how people are going to spell their names. I had a university course with a guy whose name was pronounced the same as mine..... however, his parents butchered the spelling. Rhobhert is NOT the same as Robert. kkthxbai

Well I just find it funny that in Canada people got it... but down here most people don't.

People also don't pronounce it right half of the time either, something else I find to quite funny.

Oh well thats the cost of having an awesome name I guess.

So, do you pronounce it like we do from the southwestern part of the US?? Where the A is "aaaaah" not "ahhhhh"?? Or, are you an "ahhhhh" kinda girl???

Ahh.

Not nev-aw-da

I have heard it Na-vay-da as well.

Its funny because there were people in Canada who would say Nev-aw-da and I would always correct them.

SOOOO glad to know you've got the "right" pronunciation!

[Ban Hammer 12,876]

I saw this episode of 20/20 last night, which was about this missing girl in AZ, presumably killed... anyway they were talking about how common it is to have sex offenders in your neighborhood, and you have no idea. Now it must be public, so I went to the website to put in our zipcode just to check. The amount of offenders disgusted me, I actually feel sick after looking at the map. You can click on the thing and it gives the offenders picture, name and address and what they were convicted of. Just looking at all of these people leaving very closeby, I probably pass them in the grocery store, etc. It just sickens me to know these predators are roaming around here, and everywhere. I was very surprised to see how many are just really close to home. I don't even have kids yet, and it scares me to death!

even more sickening is some of the discussions in ot where people take up for convicted sex offenders.