You’d be forgiven for not knowing, or at least not knowing how to pronounce, Pete Buttigieg’s last name (it’s boot-uh-judge). His political experience to date i…
Well, because games is my annual December podcast. There's always a little bit of a lag between what I've said and what shows up on the mailbag. That's just fine. Let's go to this amazing note from Mark Morrell. Now, Mark, it's M-O-R-R-E-L-L. I would pronounce that Morr...
P. Tod’s. He has affably denied the story that he picked the name out of a Boston phone book, but he did want something that sounded Anglo-American and that would be easy for people around the world to pronounce. (The J.P. was dropped in 1997.) With drive and moxie, Diego began...
In November 2002 I had just come through an awful divorce (we pronounce that DEE-vorce in North Carolina). I was sitting heartbroken and alone in a villa in the south of France, on some godforsaken travel assignment, contemplating the taste of gunpowder. Nobody knew where I was. The ...
Avoid nicknames that are hard to remember or pronounce. Most nicknames that stick are super straightforward and relatable. “Cthulu” might seem like a cool idea, but it's unlikely to catch on. Stick to nicknames that are no more than a few syllables, are easy to spell, and are simple ...