Jose Marquez wrote: > > When it comes to my last name, I try to get people to get that right. > I've frequently used the Marquez/Marcus comparison/analogy (in the > sense that they're almost analogous) to help people out; I discovered > it quite early on when I went to school with a kid that had my same > initials, Jonathan A. Marcus. I used to work with an Hispanic named Bermejo. He had clearly given up on pronunciation--he answered his phone Ber-me-jo. I never could bear to call him that, even thoughit seemed contrary to his own wishes. I ran across him some time later and he thanked me for pronouncing his name correctly. Mia