May 23, 2006

Well, now--that's a new one.

When you have a last name like mine, you tend to get some pretty creative spellings and pronunciations. Unlike some people, I really don't mind all the O'Glesby, Oglby, Odlesby, Grigsby, Ogelsby, Ogleberry (Hi, Tracy!), etc., variants. I've seen them all, or at least I thought I had. Just got an invitation to a local architect's office open house with my last name spelled "Oglysby," which I have to admit is something unique.

Posted by Terry Oglesby at May 23, 2006 03:54 PM
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That's how they spell it in Wales. Probably.

Posted by: skillzy at May 23, 2006 03:57 PM

No, I think that spell it the same way in Wales as they do here: i t

Of course, they pronounce it, "rlandleidnlly."

Posted by: Terry Oglesby at May 23, 2006 04:00 PM

And who is to say what spelling is correct? My Grandmother's maiden name was spelled: McKlean, Maclain, MacClain and a half dozen other ways. Anderson on the otherhand has no more than a dozen different spelling but only one correct one. Smith!

Posted by: Larry Anderson at May 23, 2006 04:05 PM

I think you mean Smythe.

Posted by: Terry Oglesby at May 23, 2006 04:11 PM

As in the famous Duke of Wyllynwyrm, Terence Anderson-Smythe-Ogylsby

Posted by: skillzy at May 23, 2006 05:13 PM

It may be spelled Smythe, or even St. John-Smythe, but it's pronounced Throat Warbling Mangrove.

Posted by: charles austin at May 23, 2006 06:33 PM

You're a very silly man and I'm not going to interview you.

Posted by: Terry Oglesby at May 23, 2006 10:07 PM