Comments on: Help me come up with a better way to explain how to say my last name.

By: K Steimle Welch

K Steimle Welch — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 06:35:58 +0000

PS K Steimle Welch, daughter to the CA pool Co Wayne Steimle without the inheritance.

By: K Steimle Welch

K Steimle Welch — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 06:33:15 +0000

This will be a constant in your life…become one with it…it is yours. It is pronounced correctly in Germany. You could move there. I usually went with what ever someone said because that would mean they would forget who I was later. But if I really made any effort to explain the name I would remind them of the name of the piano company Steinway and say my name was similar without the inheritance…Stei-m-lee. That way the name was associated with excellence.

By: J. Steimle

J. Steimle — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 23:25:47 +0000

My last name is Steimle too! I usually tell people it is pronounced like Stein with an M and the name “Lee.” It tends to work for most situations.

By: Michael A. Cleverly

Michael A. Cleverly — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 20:43:01 +0000

If it is any consolation you aren’t the only one. I’d wager one-third to half of American’s want to pronounce my last name as Cleaverly even though there isn’t an A anywhere in sight. Even fewer are confident in their ability to spell it. Saying “just like the adverb” doesn’t help. I usually say “clever + L-Y” or “C-L-E-V-E-R-L-Y”…

By: Craig

Craig — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 20:41:55 +0000

Stick with “timely”, but then say that “Joshua” is Jewish for “Not very” and that will get you off the hook for punctuality.

By: Darrell Burns

Darrell Burns — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 19:58:02 +0000

and then, of course, there’s the heimlich maneuver…or those awesome mimes. Allow me to explain the pronunciation of my last name in ‘mimely’ fashion, and then mime it out. Better yet, mime out the heimlich maneuver.

What about money…Dimes or dimely lol.

By: Darrell Burns

Darrell Burns — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 19:54:09 +0000

I think you’re stuck with timely…you could make up a new word – rhymely. It rhymes with rhymely – makes it easy to remember.