I have a first name that is always misspelled and a last name that is always mispronounced (hint: Ratch-KOV-ski.) With a last name like mine, clearly, I didn't grow up in North Carolina but I got here as fast as I could. I know Emerald Isle, Pine Knoll Shores, Indian Beach and Atlantic Beach having vacationed here since my days on the faculty at Duke University, the same university where I received not only my bachelor but also my doctorate degre...