I would argue, because there is no law prohibiting you from pronouncing your name however you wish, that there is no right (truthful) or wrong (not truthful) answer to this interrogation question.

I wish the artist formerly and currently known as 'Prince' still had the symbol for his name. (Don't know if he ever changed it legally).

I don't think anyone ever knew how to pronounce it.

At one point, Prince was the #1 frequent flyer in terms of annual mileage on NW. It could have gotten interesting.

Mike

Wrong kind of danger! The 5th Amendment relates to "danger of criminal prosecution".

Sure there is: the only truthful way to pronounce it is the way you normally pronounce it.

But, there's no law stating that I can't change the way I normally pronounce it every few minutes or even every time someone asks me my name. There isn't even a law defining "normal."

And the burden to prove how the name is pronounced falls to whom?

My first name has a number of acceptable pronunciations and common mispronunciations (it's not the same as my username). And despite straightforward spelling, people butcher my last name in a number of creative ways. What if I say my name the way someone who would butcher it would say it?

No, but in the highly unlikely event somebody were to persue this and they brought six witnesses into court and all said that you had pronounced your name to them the same way and it was different from the way you pronounced it to the TDC, I think it would be hard to find a jury that agreed with your theory above.

These are the few times that I oh so wished my name were John Doe, or Joe Smith...

If a case like this was ever brought to a US Attorney for prosecution, I would hope that he/she would laugh in TSA's face. We have far more pressing needs facing federal law enforcement than to squander valuable court time for the sole purpose of assuaging TSA's hurt feelings.

Apparently my home airport has been chosen to have the honor of being the test subject for this colossal waste of tax money.

http://www.boston.com/Boston/busines...hOP/index.html

As a Boston-area resident, I feel equally honored. Or embarrassed.

Just be sure you don't sweat or fail to make eye contact. That's very suspicious.

I'm in and out of there really, really often. They are already doing this -- they suddenly started about two months ago. It was a distinct and annoying new security "feature."

Basically the guy comes up to you and keeps on asking you dumb questions aggressively. OF COURSE you want to ignore the dude. It is infinitely stupid. The questions they ask reflect a collossal lack of intelligence, that any sentient person would roll their eyes, a reaction I'm not convinced is different from a truly suspicious person. The guy asks me if I was on vacation when I'm dressed in a business suit. :rolleyes: Is this to "throw me off guard???" :rolleyes:

Here is a description of one of my encounters a week or so ago:

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/trave...l#post16803029