When I first read
Faust by Goethe I really had no clue how to pronounce the author's name. I mean, from an English-speaker's perspective, saying
GO-ih-tha isn't that crazy. And nobody corrected me, because nobody else in my high school was even interested in that kind of literature

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I found out how to pronounce it because a German exchange student (violist) had the last name Goethe, and she pronounced it for us. And I was shocked.
Also, the whole A4 deal...yeah...I've used it before, but I can't say I have a preference. Paper is paper, unless you're drawing on it. In which case, I like 9x11.
Jam it back in, in the dark.