In a message dated 2/18/2005 11:57:37 PM Eastern Standard Time, "Bryan Newell" <bryann at bryann.net> writes: >My name is spelled with a Y (Bryan), which is the less popular spelling, and >I can usually tell the difference between the spoken names Bryan and Brian. > >Most people tend to stress the long I a little bit differently when they >know my name is spelled with a Y. > >My brother Jason has two friends named Brian. If me and either one of them >is in the same room, everyone uses Bryan and Brian to identify us, with very >little confusion--as long as everyone there knows the both of us (otherwise >they invariably pronounce my name Brian instead of Bryan). > **snip** My brother's name is Eric. My family and very few others say his name the way we say it. Most people say it so it sounds like Airic and we just say E-ric (short "e" like in... sorry, time for me to go home). -C > > > >