Me: This is Erik.
Caller: Hi, I'm calling from Audiobooks Incorporated* because we're preparing an audiobook that mentions your name, and we need to know how to pronounce it. Is it tor-kulls or tor-kehls?
Me: Huh?
Caller: I'm calling from Audiobooks—
Me: Sorry, no, totally got that part. It's tor-kehls. But what's the book?
Caller: The Innovator's Method by Nathan Fuhr and Jeff Dyer. It mentions, let's see, crowdsourcing you did at Budget Travel magazine.
Me: Imagine that! Well, thanks for asking.
Caller: Sure. You said tor-kehls, right?
Me: Yep. Like door-bells!
Caller: Uh, OK.
*No clue what the company's name actually was.
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