Barking......

Sometimes, I wonder if I'm speaking the same language as everyone else....

Today, I had to phone our IT department, because my computer has died. The first thing they ask, is your name. Mine's a very simple one, so I was rather surprised when the chap asked me how I spell it.

'Just the way it sounds,' I said.

'S-u-s-i-n?' he replied.

'Um, no,' I said. 'S-u-s-A-n.'

'S-u-s-O-n?' he said, sounding amazed. 'Not i-n?'

'A-n,' I said, starting to get a bit snappy. 'A-n. An an an an an!!'

'So your name's Ann?' he said, 'Why didn't you say that in the first place?'

Reader, I think I may have broken the phone now, as well as the bloody computer......