The T
October 29, 2008 – 3:00 pmThe name “Tchad” comes from the country, Chad in Africa. Though it is mostly seen spelled without the “T” at the beginning, “Tchad” is the French spelling and is the familiar spelling locally. Because of this mysterious, silent “T”, my name often raises questions and questions IQs.
Sometime in or around my third year of life, the name “Tchad” emerged from the obscure land of middle names to the forefront of the spotlight. For both my brother and I, my parents decided to switch our middle and first names. I believe this decision put my life on quite a different tangent.
My first indication that I was in for a wild ride with this “T” came in the first day of kindergarten during role call.
“Tookahad Blair? Tookahad Blair?”
“Um… it’s ‘Chad’,” I replied as a thought to myself, “Wow! This is supposed to be my teacher? This could be a long year.”
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