Girls with luxury car names

A friend's wife told a story the other day. She's a vice principle at an elementary school.

One kid is named "L-A". They weren't sure what to what to call her and asked her how to pronounce her name. She didn't really answer, so they asked if it was OK to call her "La". The kid said "sure".

Mom called up and was pissed. Really pissed because they weren't pronouncing the name correctly. She said the "-" isn't silent and then went into a profane rant about how stupid they were. Long story short, the kid's name is pronounced "La dash ah".

Rule of thumb when naming your kid... Think of the name on a resume for an executive position. If it's girl, think of the phrase "Now dancing center stage is the lovely...." before naming her.