Nono Does Yogya

Tuesday, May 08, 2007

What Title Do You Like Better; Nono Does Yogya, or The Chronicles of Mbak Yellow?

It is amazing how many variations I get on my name, even when I repeat myriad times. I am sure people feel the same way about my pronunciations of their names.
My taxi company announcer man calls me Ello. “Mbak Ello, ya?” “Willow, Pak” “Oh, Yellow, ya?” I get “Eeloh” Weelow, etc. Surprisingly this mistake is usually only with people I don’t see face-to-face. Indonesians in general are real good at remembering names when they are chatting you up charming Indonesia-style.

1 Comments:

Blogger four eyes said...

"It's Irish Alzheimer's: you forget everything except the grudges”

1:29 PM  

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