Name from Kindergarten ...

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Registered: 09-29-2005
Name from Kindergarten ...
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Wed, 10-11-2006 - 10:48am

Some of you might remember there was a Joshuana on Kaitlyn's class list I posted a few weeks back. Well today is parents' day, and I asked Kaitlyn if she knew if Joshuana's daddy was named Joshua (which I thought was a pretty fair assumption LOL). She replied, "No, and she hates when people call her that." As it turns out, this isn't supposed to be a "female" version of Joshua ... she pronounces it Ju-SHAWN-a, and doesn't understand why people always think her name is Josh-oo-AHN-a. Apparently her mother was going for Joshauna, at the very least, and missed the Joshua connection. ;)

Just thought that was interesting.

~Kelli


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Wed, 10-11-2006 - 11:29am
And I bet that the parents think that people who say like Joshua with an "ana" on the end are the stupid ones.
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Registered: 09-25-2006
Wed, 10-11-2006 - 12:25pm
I think that was a terrible oversight on her part.
 
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Registered: 09-29-2005
Wed, 10-11-2006 - 4:58pm

I have to agree. I just came from the parent visitation and, sure enough, the teachers pronounced it Ja-shawna. I did hear at least one other child call her Joshu-ana, and she promptly "corrected" them (probably for the sixth time that day, from how irritated she seemed about it LOL). No idea what her mom was thinking.

~Kelli


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