Hi, My name is...

Clara apparently. So at first I didnt really notice that everytime I would introduce myself, people would repeat, "Cordny?" and I would say, yeah, "Court-ney" I never really realized that they never really got it. (I know I do the same thing when I cant pronounce someones name... we all remember the "what's your name, Coon?" story.) So anyways, someone in my class was complaining about how hard it is to pronounce words in Swedish (because it is!) and our teacher started saying how there are words in English that are hard to say too, like, well, Courtney. I took immediate offense, of course, but then she said, no, say your name. So i did. And she goes, notice how the tn sound is almost swallowed? Sure enough, it is! And so my teacher goes, yeah, we should just call you Clara. And so now she sometimes does.

And now I notice how no non-americans can say my name right. This is going to be a long year....