Edelman Atlanta

You learn a lot listening to all your colleagues spelling their names out loud, as we had to do today. The lucky ones needed no explanation: "Shannon Brown." I sat across from "Jennifer J-e-z as in zebra-y-k," and next to "Jennifer Hudson, spelled with a d," which of course it is unless you also work with "Heather Hutson, spelled with a t." So on the second go-round, Jenn said "Hudson-like-the-river." But my favorite explanation was from my next-office-over neighbor, "Jennifer Babbit, like rabbit with a b."

Signed,
Carol Milliron (spelled Mill-iron, like the two words, only no one ever says it right on the first try)