Alan Bleiweiss – Alan's Great Adventure

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Bleiweiss Name Origin

While there are many people with the last name Bleiweiss, many of those are apparently not related to me.  How is that possible you ask?  Good Question.

When my grandfather arrived in this country, he came via Ellis Island at the turn of the last century (uh for all you millennial people, that means around 1900 or so, not the millennium of Y2K fame – duh).

When he was led up to the entry desk, and the man behind the desk asked what is your name, my grandfather told him.  He spoke using his native language, either Russian or perhaps Yiddish, I’m not sure.

This Is Your Name In America

In either case, the guy said “this is your name in America” and that’s how the Bleiweiss name became associated with my family. It’s that person’s interpretation of hearing my grandfather’s heavily accented foreign pronunciation of our real family name.

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A Bleiweiss By Any Other Name

Since my grandfather had many brothers and sisters, some of whom came over at different times during that era, it’s no surprise that I have relatives who I know to in fact, be real blood relatives, who spell their last name differently.  Even though we’re from the same lineage.  Don’t you love the melting pot?

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How To Pronounce The Name Bleiweiss

1. Bleiweiss -  as in Bly-Weiss (for some reason, nobody has a problem pronouncing that second part, but even though the first part has the same pronunciation rules, a lot of people stumble on it.  Go figure. – Oh- don’t freak out if you forget.  Even Don Lemon from CNN on live television, in prime time, got it wrong.  Stumbled right through it on the air.  Oh well. (Shout out to @DonLemoncnn)
2. Alan - I really don’t mind someone who first meets me just calling me by my first name.  Really.
3. Sir.  No, actually, please never call me sir.  Really.
4. As the old joke goes, whatever you do, don’t call me late for dinner.
5. My name is not Al.  Honest. It’s not. So don’t even bother.
6. And never call me Bleiweiss – only two person in the world can do that and get away with it.

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Shout out to TK Cutie & Scrabble Dawn – now the rest of you know the two people who can call me Bleiweiss

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Alan  Allen or Al

Here again there are many ways of spelling a name that otherwise seems to sound the same, at least in some cases.  Alan and Allen are, to most ears, the same name, yet clearly they’re spelled differently, and if you use that good old egalitarian charm in how you speak what you see, you’ll thus note Al*an and Al*len are really very different indeed.

Of course, all of us Alans and Allens can, if we choose to, share the shortened version of Al.  Personally, though I prefer otherwise – unless you’re one of only three people in the world, (and I’ll never tell you who they are), always call me Alan if you wish to say my name.  Thank you for your cooperation in this matter.

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Shout out to Jesse – okay so now everyone knows one of the three people who have permission (inherent in the fact that this is how she has sometimes called me, and she’s just too precious to argue the point with).

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Ankles and Poppies

Only two people on earth can call me Ankle Alan.  I changed diapers for both of them.   And only one can call me Poppie Alan.  Too bad for the rest of you – those experiences are locked in my heart and you can’t have the key.

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Google Search For Alan Bleiweiss

There are a number of people with the name Alan Bleiweiss out in the world, many of whom you will find on the Internet.  Most of them are not, however, people involved with Internet technology since 1995 like I am.  And as a result, much of what you find out there through a Google search will, in fact, be about me.  But don’t be fooled.

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Google Results Not Related to This Alan Bleiweiss:

• I was never in a Mission Impossible television show
• I do not have a doctorate degree of any type,  nor have I ever performed surgery on anyone/thing other than computers, and other inanimate objects of my choosing. (Although I’ve been referred to as “the General”, and Mr. Bee, the Answer Man, and the SEO guru, though everything I’ve learned, has come from others before me but God, please, don’t call me a guru. I’m not.).
• I’ve never been a spokesman for any hospital
• I’ve never been a director of any kind at Saint Louis University
• My first name is Alan, not Rafael, though a very select few people are entitled to call me Rafael, but you’ll never know why will you?
• I never went to nor had any dealings with Cooper City High School
• I’ve never lived in Hollywood Florida
• I’ve never owned a sign company called “Signs Now”
• I’ve never met any woman named Harriet in my entire life, let alone married her

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