X-rays

[rimturse]

I was in and out of the hospital within 10 minutes! I'd been listening to horror stories about people with non-urgent x-rays having to wait for over an hour, so I'd brought a book, located the toilet and the snacks when first sitting down and was mentally prepared for a long wait.

The nurse/radiologist that took my x-rays was very sweet, but pronouced my name so badly that for the first time in my life, I almost failed to recognize it when she called me in. She even managed to mess up the "Iversen" part, probably because the Chinese and Greek part of my name has her all confused.

So now I wait. Doctor told me to call him approx. 2 days after I got the x-rays taken. Nurse/radiologist told me my doctor would have the results on Monday.

Comments

[angrboda]

How do you pronounce it anyway? I tend to think of the first part as in the month and the second part is in the tree (only without the d). <---Trying to be specific and cryptic at the same time here. Is it working?

[frigg.livejournal.com]

Works fine. :)

The first part can be pronounced like the month in English (not the Danish pronounciation), the second part is more or less like the tree without the d.

It's actually quite a common Chinese name, but spelled more unusual. In the more common spelling the first part has different vowels, the second part is the same, but has a g at the end.

[angrboda]

A sort of closed sound on the last consonant of the second part then? Do you stress the two parts seperately or say it as just one word?

This is such a weird conversation given that we're the same nationality omg! O.o

[frigg.livejournal.com]

*lol*
Yeah, weird conversation!

It's a closed sound on the last consonant of the second part - and I say it as just one word. :)