For college grads all over the country, receiving their diploma can feel a lot like one of those trips to Starbucks where customers' names get mangled. iStockphoto hide caption toggle caption iStockphoto Code Switch Ah, Commencement. Caps, Gowns And Mispronounced Names May 20, 2014 • It's commencement. You are responsible for calling hundreds of students, one by one, to the stage. Every parent is anxiously waiting for you to pronounce his kid's name — correctly. What do you do?
The Two-Way Nebraska Man Changes His Name To 'Tyrannosaurus Rex' May 8, 2012 • Tyler Gold is now Tyrannosaurus Rex Joseph Gold. It's just a cooler name, he says. But does his moniker rank high among the unusual ones we've heard about recently? After all, there's always Beezow Doo-Doo Zopittybop-Bop-Bop.
