LA-A

I was talking to Jeff DeSelm and Sam Harper tonight at Brian and Jenna's Birthgagement celebration. I guess Sam either has a student or knows a student who's name is LA-A. They asked me, "How would your pronounce that?" I came up with about fifteen variations of how you could say La with an accent on the a. Turns out, the dash is not silent. The child's name is pronounced "Ladasha." Are you kidding me? Shouldn't the people who write the names on the birth certificates be able to tell the parents, "Uh, no." Well if that's kosher, then I just figured out what I want to name my hockey player child. "DA/A" Figure that one out and you get a prize.