Elise Leonard: Hello, my name is Elise Leonard. My first name is French. It's pronounced, "Elise." But when you rent an apartment, you sign a lease.

When I was much younger, some substitute teachers who aren't familiar with my name, would call me "Elsie" by mistake, which I wouldn't have really minded except that at the time, the Borden's Ice Cream mascot was Elsie the Cow, and some of the meaner kids in my class would call me "Elsie the Cow," and would moo.

I guess, unfortunately, there will always be mean kids, and there's really nothing wrong with the name Elsie. But my name is Elise. Elise Leonard.