Who is Maria Judge?
Maria Judge is a writer, storyteller and educator. Her work has been covered by
Oprah Magazine, The Boston Globe and been featured in Alexandra Johnson’s
Leaving a Trace: On Keeping a Journal. She has been published in The Boston Irish
Reporter, Peace Corps Online, The Merton Seasonal, MIT Tech Talk, Dan
Wakefield's The Story of Your Life: Writing a Spiritual Autobiography, and has been a
contributing writer to The Somerville News. She has been interviewed by Fox News,
the WB Network and New England Cable News.
Oprah Magazine, The Boston Globe and been featured in Alexandra Johnson’s
Leaving a Trace: On Keeping a Journal. She has been published in The Boston Irish
Reporter, Peace Corps Online, The Merton Seasonal, MIT Tech Talk, Dan
Wakefield's The Story of Your Life: Writing a Spiritual Autobiography, and has been a
contributing writer to The Somerville News. She has been interviewed by Fox News,
the WB Network and New England Cable News.
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As a college student studying in Spain in the mid 1970's, I found that my surname
created some interesting pronunciation challenges for the natives. The most
challenged of all the people who mispronounced my name was a teller at the Banco
Central de Madrid. After handing over my passbook to him, I sat down in the waiting
area while he processed my withdrawal.
The transaction seemed to take a while and I heard them call out several other
names of people who had come in after me. I heard them call for a "Maria" several
times, but it wasn't me. Finally I looked over at the window and saw my teller waving
to me, looking a bit annoyed. I stared back at him for a moment, and then he
repeated the name he'd been calling out. Maria See-oh-ban Hooday. That was his
best attempt at getting his tongue around Maria Siobhan Judge.
One of my friends, to this day, still calls me Hoodgay
created some interesting pronunciation challenges for the natives. The most
challenged of all the people who mispronounced my name was a teller at the Banco
Central de Madrid. After handing over my passbook to him, I sat down in the waiting
area while he processed my withdrawal.
The transaction seemed to take a while and I heard them call out several other
names of people who had come in after me. I heard them call for a "Maria" several
times, but it wasn't me. Finally I looked over at the window and saw my teller waving
to me, looking a bit annoyed. I stared back at him for a moment, and then he
repeated the name he'd been calling out. Maria See-oh-ban Hooday. That was his
best attempt at getting his tongue around Maria Siobhan Judge.
One of my friends, to this day, still calls me Hoodgay
Quien es Maria See-oh-bun Hoodgay?
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