windsor wrote:

>What can you do if your surname is long and extremely difficult to 
>katakana-ise? I wouldn't want people to have to struggle through my 
>surname, with about 50 small tsu's and other annoyances, whenever they 
>want to address me.
>
>Can a gaijin shorten his surname when converting to katakana?

The best solution:  http://tinyurl.com/
 :-D