Lisa Jahn-Clough: Hello, my name is Lisa Jahn-Clough. The first name is easy, Lisa, L-I-S-A. But the last name trips up many people. It's actually two names. The first is Jahn, J-A-H-N. It has a silent J and a silent H, and the second part is Clough, C-L-O-U-G-H. Also with a silent G-H. Rhymes with cow.

I was actually born Lisa Clough but when my parents got divorced, my mother went back to her name which was Jahn and my brother and I decided to add it. I stood in front of a judge when I was 14 and legally became Lisa Jahn-Clough. My brother and I are mostly likely the only two Jahn-Cloughs in the world.

Jahn is German and Clough is Dutch. Clough used to be Vanderclough but when my ancestors arrived to Ellis Island, the Vander was dropped and the spelling was changed to just C-L-O-U-G-H, which is the same spelling as the British name pronounced "cluff," so I get many confusions about that.

A lot of people pronounce my name as Jean Cluff or Jan Klug. A couple times it's been mistaken for Young Cloud, but it's a difficult name, so I am forgiving. However, I'm delightfully impressed when someone pronounces it correctly and with gusto, so now you can be one of those and if we ever meet, you can say, "hey, Lisa Jahn-Clough."