>>Tell me about it! I've had a LIFETIME of having to spell my name to people - in a shop, office, over the phone - who all, almost invariably, have me down as a hamburger wallah (rather than an aircraft builder), before I get a chance to, then have to cross out and edit, sometimes several drafts.
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>For me it is..,
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>How do you spell that?
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>D-E-L-A-Y
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>Oh, just how it sounds.
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>< restrained sarcasm > Um, yes.

To be fair, though, what with so many frenchies in your country there is a good chance that it's spelt french or something, like "de Laie"