We were meeting with a Finnish diplomat, who politely asked my colleague what her name is.
“Anna Abrahamian,” she replied.
“My goodness, what a long name!” he exclaimed.
“I don’t think you’re in a very good position to complain,” I told him, “since your name is Petteri Vuorimäki.”
He muttered that Finnish names are much easier to pronounce. For Finns, they probably are.
During the trial prosecuting counsel made a fierce attack, and Perrot came back with the line:
“You win men’s lives away with words!”