kath

ok, so there was a message on our machine when i got home from work....for kath.......and the sound of that bastardization of my name grated my senses.....i answer to many things......obviously kathy, kathlyn if pronounced with the emphasis on the second syllable......to kate if you knew me from 1975-1978....and to k. if you knew me in the kitchen working with g......but never kath......it sounds so......brutal....like it is short for catheter....or catholic......or cathedral....omg.......the name thing is one of those sticklers with me......i have never in 24 years of marriage let anyone get by with referring to me as mrs. w............and the only person who could get by with calling me kathy c was a fine gentleman in my church who is now deceased........he seemed to sense that that was my truer self......and he always called me that, knowing full well that there was more to it........he also referred to my spouse as ernest....but it is not my job to correct the mispronunciations of my spouse.......my children....yeseree.......i will correct the andy's and steve's in a heartbeat.....and our daughter.....omg...so many variations......most sound like calley (as if it rhymes with valley)......rather than cayle....rhymes with haley as in the comet.......ah well......if only a person could have a name like tom smith.....cut and dried.....no chance for mistakes.......or jane doe.......well......there are far too many jane does....but i digress........i did return the call....and got an answering machine.....i was careful to annunciate clearly........