[thechat] READ AT YOUR OWN RISK: Open Letter to America from a Canadian

[Drew Shiel]

At 15:38 22/08/2002 +1000, Paul Cowan wrote:
>PS: with an easily-mispronounced surname like mine, I admit that I AM
>often *mistaken* for a member of one of those ethnic groups...

   Now, I know that I'm Irish, and know many Cowans and therefore have no
problem pronouncing it. And I can even see Cowan -> Cohen, which istr is a
Jewish name. But Arabic? And how do people manage to mispronounce it?

   Drew.


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