More, Moore, and Mooer

My maiden name is Moore.
When I was little, I didn't like my name.
First or last.

Ruth is an old lady name.
Oh, yes it is.
Come to Iowa and you will see what I mean.

Moore is just a boring name.
It is spelled different in the dictionary, but it sounds the same.
It means additional.
People say it all the time.

Now that I think about it,
are there any cool last names?
I didn't know when I was little.
I just knew mine wasn't.

When I was in first grade, the other kids in my class told me I spelled my name wrong.
It was supposed to be More.
Hello! It's a name. It is spelled how it is spelled. They didn't believe me.

Moore is supposed to be a common last name.
I didn't hear it much.

So, I went all the way through the school years with my boring name in a boring town.
But, everyone pronounced my name right.

Then I entered college.
My Sociology professor had an interesting way of pronouncing my name.
I really don't know where he came up with it.

He pronounced it Mooer.
Now, doesn't that sound like something that a cow does?
One who moos is a mooer.
What moos?
A cow.

Thanks for calling me a cow, Mr. Whatever Your Name Was.

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