Audacity

My daughter told me a fellow classmate asked her what her last name was.

Ava: “My last name is Wipff”

Girl: “W-i–f-f?”

Ava: “No, W-i-p-f-f. P, as in pterodactyl or pseudonym.”

Digression

If I could say anything to my students, I’d say:

“Hi, my name is Mrs. Wyatt and I like it very quiet.”

But alas, my last name is Wipff

(origin: Alsace-Lorraine) Yes, Swiss

I chose this name! I married it.

My surname is Chung but not Chinese, Korean

It is pronounced “Jung” – not “yung” like Carl (who was Swiss, by the way)

What’s that you say?

Oh yes, I love the Quiet

*Part of my alphabiography series