...died in Manhattan, at age 76. You read that right, R-A-I-M-U-N-D (he was born in Austria). Whatever. Who knows, maybe the German spelling is better than ours? But what a pain that must have been all his life!
"Name?"
"Raimund Abraham. My first name is spelled--"
"I know how to spell Raymond! You think I'm stupid, or something, just because I work at the Department of Motor Vehicles?"
"No, it's just--"
"I have an Uncle Raymond! I know how to spell Raymond!"
"Sorry. I--"
"You artsy-fartsy types look down on people from Staten Island like me, don'tcha?"
"No, no--"
"And what's with that fake European-sounding accent? Knock it off!"
"I, I--"
"Now then; how do you spell Abraham?"
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