pancreases galore

the latest theory on my stomach issues is that i may have two pancreases (pancrei??) the debate is raging in my workplace as to what the correct plurality would be for the word. pancrei sounds european - thus somewhat superior and refined - plus pancreases makes me giggle a little bit. one of my co-workers likened the word to breasteses. juvenile humor gets me every time. 

so as an expecting mother would search for names for her impending bundle of joy, i am on the hunt for the perfect names to encapsulate all my pancreases (pancrei) have to offer. since the two seem to be brawling, cain and abel were suggested tonight. this brought me to thinking about other famous duos. and the tale of rosemary and osemary. 

as an instructor of any kind, it's quite common to come across unusual names. for every jacob and sarah, there's a kid named zanzibar or gfarhdln (pronounced "jack"). when i coached swim team the first week of practice usually had a lengthy amount of time devoted to learning (or avoiding mangling) my kids' names. 

as the story goes, one instructor had two little girls in his class - identical twins. their names were rosemary and osemary. when he asked how to tell them apart, "osemary is smarter".