Honor Code jokes and bad puns never get old.
Well, hi. The first thing you need to know about me is that you cannot read my name phonetically and expect to pronounce it correctly. Allow me to write it out in a few different ways that should help you towards a more correct pronunciation.
FIRST: Ways That I Have Written My Name to Facilitate Correct Pronunciation
(a) TAY-uh
(b) Té-a
SECOND: Ways People Have Misspelled My Name After Hearing Me Say It
(1) Taya
(2) Teya
(3) Tea
(4) Téa
(5) Phea (wait, seriously?!)
THIRD: Names People Think I Have Said When I Introduce Myself
(i) Taylor
(ii) Tara
(iii) Tanya
I believe that Haverford and I both share the plight of greatly misunderstood and widely mispronounced names. But, okay, I still love them anyway.
Even though I will most likely major in Comparative Literature, nothing pleases me more than a well-conceived list or well-placed reference to the sine curve as a metaphor. It's fine. Aside from general leaning and loafing, my activities include: always being within 20 yards of at least one of my freshman year suitemates, singing in an a cappella group and chorale, being a Customs Person for Gummere 3/3, training to be a tour guide, and being the co-editor of the Haverford Journal (a young publication with great potential for great prestige...submit your papers!!). In my spare time, I read books about grammar and fantasize about marrying Strunk & White (no, seriously).
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My Top Five: Facts About Me that I Reference on a Regular Basis
- I am from New York City
- I have some Greek heritage
- I am hungry (and will happily eat mountains of food)
- I spent four years of my life at an all-girl high school (no religious affiliation)
- I am allergic to peanuts