What's in a Name?

All my life, I've gotten some pretty funny mispronunciations of my last name. Before I got married, my last name was pretty tough for a lot of people (especially when the first sound is not a shared phoneme in English/Spanish and many kids don't even master the sound until around age 8). Honestly, it was tough enough for adults who did know me--no matter how many times I corrected them! For one kindergartner last year, in a period of 30 minutes, I went from "Miss Tomes", to "Miss Stones", and finally to "Mrs. Plums" (??), where it stayed the remainder of the year.

Now that I am married and my last name is pretty common, I figured it would be easy enough for the majority of my kiddos (especially since it is an Hispanic last name). Or not. So far this year, I've gotten "Mrs. Mosquito" (??) and "Mrs. Skimono" (really?!)