# Erasmo Magliozzi **URL:** \ **Category:** The Show\ **Created:** [March 13, 2013, 7:38am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/erasmo-magliozzi/77968 "2013-03-13T07:38:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![George\_San\_Jose1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2013, 7:38am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/erasmo-magliozzi/77968/1 "2013-03-13T07:38:32Z")
On this week’s show Ray told an amusing story about himself. He said instead of “Ray”, he uses the name “Erasmo” at the place he shoots pool! lol I guess it’s practical too, because Erasmo – well nobody else is likely to be reserving a pool table using that name – and it has that long “o” sound at the end, so when announced, it is easy to hear in a noisy pool room. I laughed when I heard this because I do the same thing, for restaurant reservations and the like. I use the name “Parker” rather than Erasmo. “Parker” likewise is easy to hear in a noisy room. Much easier to hear than “George”. Soft G’s are no good. Hard P’s and K’s? Much easier to hear. Works like a charm. Well, most of the time. Sometimes the staff will give me a hard time, for their amusement I think. Parker is an usual first name. So they’ll ask “Is Parker your first or last name?”. I’ll say “Both”. lol … So they’ll say “Your name is Parker Parker?” Me: " Yes, Parker A. Parker at your disposal." * * * Sometimes it goes further, gets even more silly. * * * Staff: “What does the A stand for? We’ll call you by that name instead of Parker.” Me: The “A”? It stands for Aloysius. Staff: How do you spell that? Me: Nobody knows. Staff: [They try to spell it and give up.] Ok, we’ll use “Parker”.