When I was growing up, my mom taught me how to answer the phone: Hello. This is the Coe household. Who am I speaking to? (If you were good at this, you could say the above as if a single word—HellothisistheCoehouseholdwhoamIspeakingto?—prompting callers to either say "Excuse me?" or ignore you altogether—"Is your mother there?") There … Continue reading On making good use of your name →