Used to work for a guy named Dick Lichty.  Yep, pronounced just as you
feared.

Karl Wolz

 > -----Original Message-----
 > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On
Behalf Of
 > John Rodgers
 > Sent: Saturday, April 10, 2004 8:11 AM
 > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
 > Subject: Re: ... A Rose by Any Other Name ...
 >
 > This guys name was pronounced with a "short A", but of course
everyone
 > in the city changed it to a "long A".  A sister-in-law pointed the
name
 > out at dinner one evening. She was very preggers at the time, and I
 > thought that was funny too!! And added to the humor was the fact that
 > her husband missed the connection!!
 >
 > When in college I had classes in anatomy and physiology with a
 > classmate  named Cleatus XXX! Don't you know he got ragged on. I
leave
 > it to your imagination.
 >
 > Life was fun!
 >
 > John Rodgers
 > 88 GL Driver
 > George Goff wrote:
 >
 > >In a message dated 4/9/04 10:52:16 PM, jh_rodgers@BELLSOUTH.NET
writes:
 > >
 > ><< man's name
 > >was Straten Hard. God's Truth!! >>
 > >
 > >Some guys have all the luck!
 > >
 > >George
 > >
 > >
 > >