Let me say this about that. After having my last name mispronounced, in so very many ways, over so many years, I am very sensitive to name pronunciation. When meeting someone for the first time, if their name is unusual or out of the ordinary, I will ask them to say their name again so that I may pronounce it correctly. Even in phone conversations with a customer service representative, I inquire to whom I am speaking and use their name frequently. When I am finished, I politely thank them, using their name.

+1 for anything with Jean-Luc Picard!

torpedos.

Lol. Thanks for that. :)
My first Star Trek convention billed Patrick Stewart. Love that guy.

It sounds better Ann Rand and it's easier to remember and since my interest is in getting everyone I know or meet to read it it works better for me to say Ann Rand. I must say I am jealous of Rand Paul and I wish I had named one of my daughters Dagny

I stand corrected. anything relevant to add to the discussion, john?

faze.

doesn't even phase me. You're in a conversation with someone who has just been blown away by Atlas Shrugged and that's the first thing you're going to mention? If I had a real copper penny for every time people mispronounced my first name....