remembering_names epitome of incomprehensibility I'm good at remembering the first letters, usually! Haley from Accent_Open_Mic turned into Helen in my mind ("I wouldn't mind being a Helen," she laughed to me.) Hannah from my linguistics classes became Heather ("That's a new one," she told me, not really minding, but I was embarrassed.) And now Edyta of rebuilding_my_Polish_playlist became Edna. 230330 ... e_o_i Another one: Samara vs. Sameera (relation). Perhaps cognate? Like salaam and shalom. 230330 ... epitome of incomprehensibility I was going over the list of people from the immer_immersion program and "Jennifer" made me pause. Who's Jennifer? What class was she in? I told myself I didn't remember a Jennifer. And then it hit me: Jen, in my class, who sat next to me for a while, who was bright and hyper. No iffer needed, but I should have recognized it with. 230702 what's it to you? who go blather from