Another one of my mothers' emails
This is [beyond ridiculous and sad. While the USA is "helping" every other country around the world, we ought to think LONG and HARD about our own backyard, here!
Illiteracy in Louisiana ?
How would you pronounce this child's name?
She spells her name "Le-a"
So how would YOU pronounce her name?
Leah? .....................NOPE.
Lee - A? .................NOT EEEVN.
Lay - a? .........NAH.
Lei?..........NICE TRY, BUT GUESS AGAIN!
This child attends a school in Livingston Parish, LA.
Her mother is irate because everyone is getting her child's name wrong.
She says it's pronounced "Ledasha."
When the Mother was asked how in the world she figured
it should be pronounced that way, she said,
"cause the dash don't be silent!
So, if you see a name come across your desk like this,
please remember to pronounce the dash.
And if anyone axes you why, tell them it's 'cause the dash don't be silent!