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My mom married when I was about 5. (I consider him my dad.) They built a house shortly after they married. Poured a sidewalk in front of the house. My dad thought it would be nice to write our names in the wet concrete. He spelled my name as, "Nicky." I pitched a fit and he never misspelled it again. (Well, maybe once or twice. Three times, tops. Okay, possibly four or five.)
My mom married when I was about 5. (I consider him my dad.) They built a house shortly after they married. Poured a sidewalk in front of the house. My dad thought it would be nice to write our names in the wet concrete. He spelled my name as, "Nicky." I pitched a fit and he never misspelled it again. (Well, maybe once or twice. Three times, tops. Okay, possibly four or five.)
Assuming your name is spelled correctly in your user ID, I would pronounce it "NEE-chee." Or if I didn't know Italian, "NIH-see."
Assuming your name is spelled correctly in your user ID, I would pronounce it "NEE-chee." Or if I didn't know Italian, "NIH-see."
I hear that quite often. It's pronounced like boring, old, "Nicky." Well, sometimes when I'm feeling all "continental," I'll call myself, "NEE-chee." But no one ever buys it.
My mom married when I was about 5. (I consider him my dad.) They built a house shortly after they married. Poured a sidewalk in front of the house. My dad thought it would be nice to write our names in the wet concrete. He spelled my name as, "Nicky." I pitched a fit and he never misspelled it again. (Well, maybe once or twice. Three times, tops. Okay, possibly four or five.)
Where I freak is when I give directions, "Go to your right." And the person goes left.
Automatic, "Your other right." Genetically ingrained.
There are two rights in my family, and one of them is wrong. My son was ambidextrous for years before he began to favor his left hand. He's the one who would have turned left. I have no idea how many times I said, "Your other right." I wonder if people with dyslexia do that.
His grammar deteriorated when he entered middle school. Apparently, it wasn't cool to speak properly. That drove me crazy.
Sometimes I have to read and re-read posts to try to decipher the meaning. . . so, yes, grammar police be damned, but don't you all want to be understood?
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It's pronounced like boring, old, "Nicky." Well, sometimes when I'm feeling all "continental," I'll call myself, "NEE-chee." But no one ever buys it. 
