Today is the last day of a fun broochie alphabet challenge that I've been participating in, which means it's also my favourite day, because it's my letter. As you can imagine, growing up I've had a lot of comments on my name, as well as countless nicknames and mispronounciations from people that have found it too hard. I've always walked to the beat of my own drum though, so it's provided more laughs than anything else. Though I will say the most bizarre misinterpretation was "Debra"... due to the fact that I usually always spell my name "Zed as in Zebra", which is because of my penchant for Zebras. I have very vivid memories of playing the "match words to the first letter of your name" games and always being Zebra for the animal component, so I've always loved them. I also remember being "Zany" during the adjective game, which seems very fitting in retrospect. Though I also remember the school librarian having to he...
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