While the Dean's assistant is away, I've been assigned the role of playing secretary. So, rather than sitting in my little back office with my earphones plugged into NPR, I've been on the phone and email with all the other calendar jockeys. Of course, no one gets my name right--that's nothing new. I answer to "Brenda" pretty well. I will even respond to "Bendetta." ("B is for Bendetta" will be my first major motion picture screenplay, I think.) But this time around, there are some doozies:
Bernda
Bandit (!)
Bendit
Banner
Benna
Benad
Bandta
Berda
Breda
Question: I can see why "Brenda," since it's the closest normal name to "Bendta," but otherwise, where does that extra R come from?
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