Mispronouncing names

My mother married (after my dad...) and after I left home...
a danish fellow by the name of Krogh. (crow)

I tend to hear the attempts when we are waiting in doctors offices.. on her name.

The one that took the cake was one place (I don't remember which doc) where the girl came out and said 'Mrs Crotch?'


OOOOYYYY

no one knows how to say my name and foreign people assume I'm male.

Dropped the umluaght (sp?) years ago because no one had it on their typewriters. NO I'M NOT THAT OLD DAMMIT

I used to work at a summer camp. One of the owners last name was Bomze. (bomb-zee). He legally changed his name to martin (middle name) because no one knew how to deal with Bomze. Pity, I like unusual names like that. (excluding stupid kyd names)

I used to know a guy whose last name was "Blome", pronounced "Blow me". Poor guy.