The members of the Kansas City branch of the Wavada family have pronounced the name WAY-vuh-duh for as long as anyone can remember. It occurred to me the other day that I must be the oldest of the planet’s seven billion odd residents who pronounces his/her last name this way. This just seems terribly wrong.

My understanding is that the more populous Wichita and Spokane branches pronounce it WAY-vuh-day. If there are any other branches, I do not know about them.

It would make me feel a lot better if someone told me about a geezer somewhere who could wrest this title from me.