David, good thing you changed it. An American would have a tough time getting his tongue around that, although it'd be just fine in French.
When I was in Morocco, the State Dept security guy down in Casablanca was named Hicks. In French, that would be pronounced "eeks"--which is the same way they pronounce the letter X. We had a lot of fun with him: Mr. X, the security man.
Larry, this will be my last feeble attempt to hijack this topic. I posted that mostly tongue in cheek, although I think it is true at some point in history. My surname showed up in England after 1066 and went through several changes. At one time it was Dreux, Drogo, Dryw, Dru, and finally just Drew. I like to hassle people who have Drew as a Christian name. I tell them it has been an honorable surname for a thousand years.
