10 minutes with Blake Popp

Friday, July 12, 2002

QUESTION:If somebody tried to pronounce your last name for the first time, what are the chances they'll pronounce it wrong?BLAKE:100 percent. They always say "pop." Every year when I go into a class, I expect it to be pronounced wrong. I got a couple of nicknames out of it -- Blake Poppa, Pop, different things.

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