And, As Long As I'm At It

You know, it just struck me that my mother does something that slightly irritates me. She does this thing where she will spell out the name of someone, as if to confirm that she can still spell, or something. She made a point of spelling "Cardwell" last week. "That's C-A-R-D-W-E-L-L?" It's not as if it's a foreign sounding name. I guess it could have started with a K.