Phonetics

I was asked today how to pronounce my last name and in sort of a huff I commented that "it's spelled phonetically." The response I got was great:
"Wait, that doesn't make sense, weren't the phonics the people that attacked the Romans?"
I like people they're funny when they don't mean to be. The next time a Centurian gets knocked on his ass from a vowel, I want to be there.