with a zed

Trying to get a roofing company to come out to the house the other day I had the by now completley usual and preditable game of spelling my name.
18 years of living in England meant that EVERY time I said my name I automatically spelt it, especially as people were keen to put a 'w' in.
Is that with a w? they would say, I could never understand this compulsion to foist this exta unnecessary letter on me so after about the twentyith time this happened I said , no with an x and a z. Silence and even over the phone I could almost here the ? wha?.
The Canadians, bless them, don't appear to have this urge to promote the letter w as much as their English cousins.
But one of the roofing companies (remember, that's where I started this) well, the woman I spoke to was hilarious. We got ot the taking of details part of the call and I automatically spelt my name after saying it. She sounded like this was the most bizarre collection of letters she had ever heard. F? yes I said, OH?, uh huh, EL?, yep, EE?, yeesss, WHY?, that's correct. And then an almost inaudible hmmm. This is Toronto, the city the United Nations has designated as the World's "most ethnically-diverse city" five times in a row? And she has a problem with the name made famous by, well, yes. Beverly Hills Cop- Axel Foley, a WWE wrestler- Mick Foley and Dave Foley, Canadian actor/writer/comedian. Not much of a line up is it?
It's a fairly popular name back home in Ireland, we even had Foley neighbours. On one visit home I had to book tickets and went into the familar spell-my-name thing and the woman I was speaking to was most insulted that I would think she couldn't spell such a simple name.
Well none of the roofing contractors called back to arrange an appointment so I have to start all over again.
yes I did notice the spelling mistake yeterday, but only after I posted.