What kind of name is Sietsema, how is it pronounced, and are you related to Robert Sietsema of the Village Voice?
Misc. minor questions . . .
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Fat Guy
, May 31 2003 08:17 AM
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Fat Guy
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Posted 31 May 2003 - 08:17 AM
Steven A. Shaw aka "Fat Guy"
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Tom Sietsema
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Posted 31 May 2003 - 08:21 AM
Thanks for asking! All too often, the way my name is (mis)pronounced makes it sound Spanish or Japanese. LOL
The correct pronunciuation is SEET-suh-ma. I'm German and Dutch.
I am only distantly related to Robert Sietsema, who I first met over a lunch in New York four or five years ago. His people stopped in Michigan, I believe; mine moved on to Minnesota. Odd, though, for two people with such unusual last names to share the same unusual occupation, no?
The correct pronunciuation is SEET-suh-ma. I'm German and Dutch.
I am only distantly related to Robert Sietsema, who I first met over a lunch in New York four or five years ago. His people stopped in Michigan, I believe; mine moved on to Minnesota. Odd, though, for two people with such unusual last names to share the same unusual occupation, no?
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Fat Guy
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Posted 31 May 2003 - 08:29 AM
Very odd. Suspiciously odd!
Steven A. Shaw aka "Fat Guy"
Co-founder, Society for Culinary Arts & Letters, sshaw@egstaff.org
Proud signatory to the eG Ethics code
Director, New Media Studies, International Culinary Center (take my food-blogging course)
Co-founder, Society for Culinary Arts & Letters, sshaw@egstaff.org
Proud signatory to the eG Ethics code
Director, New Media Studies, International Culinary Center (take my food-blogging course)
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Tom Sietsema
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Posted 01 June 2003 - 04:07 AM
People frequently confuse our bylines, or think we are the same person. (Robert is a good writer and knows his stuff, so I certainly don't have a problem with that!)
