Does Anyone have their names constantly mispronounced?? Sia
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my name is Tiffany (super simple and common right) but people all call me Stephanie0
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My first name's difficult to screw up unless you're illiterate. It's Edward. My last name though everybody screws up on. It's not exactly obvious how to pronounce it.0
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My name is spelled Liv but its pronounced "leave" (its norwegian) so i have rarely ever met anyone who knows how to pronounce my name correctly, lol.0
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My last name is Harcek (my husband is Czech) it's been pronounced Harcheck, Harkeck...I tell people it's like carsick but with an H:bigsmile:0
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Always.0
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My name is Jessica, but people call me Jennifer (not really a mispronunciation, more of a 'hey I forgot your name so I thought of the next closest thing' deal).
Oh, and my (way in the) future daughter is going to have fun with her name: Lilja. [lil-yah] It's Swedish (my boyfriend is from Sweden) and it means Lily. haha :P0 -
My last name is Brown. Pretty simple, right? People ask me how to spell it all the time. UGH!!!0
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My name is Gheri pronounced Gary... I get Jeri ga-heri. The crazy thing is that people whose second language is English always pronounce my name correctly.0
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my last name is ALWAYS mispronounced and my first name is ALWAYS misspelled
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Everyone in Miami calls me Isabelle, the spanish version of Elizabeth.0
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....always....my name is Yvesnick...pronounced...eve..neek..I hear <ya ves nick>:grumble: ...<yavinski>:noway: ...I have even been asked if my name was Russian :indifferent: ...But it's a combination of my parents name.... Yves and Yanick....both parents from Haiti... but all my buddies can call me Yvie....pronounced... E...V...
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My name is Elisabeth and people constantly mistake it for Melissa when repeating it back to me. I have no idea why. Unless it's important they know my name I don't bother correcting them.
It's pronounced El-issa-beth. But when reading it, people pronounce it El-iza-beth. I don't really care about that.0 -
Yuppppp all the time ... my name is Katya ... Seems simple enough but nobody has ever pronounced it correctly ... My husband of 14 years calls me Kat because he cannot say it right .... I'm ok with it tho ...0
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Heya Katya... I'll have to come down and see you so I can say your name. Funny... I'm pretty sure I'd say it right, and yet I can't see why people would say it wrong! Just like it looks, n'est pas?! 0
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Yes! It's not too difficult but unusual. I'm ok with strangers not getting it right, I'll oblige--but the annoying ones are the people who don't try, who never get it after repeated corrections, who make up new names, who assume my last name must be it, since it's easier to pronounce, who read it backwards and ones who say "Miss, Ms...what? my god?! I won't even try that hahahaha". :grumble: Well it's easier than the years you spent getting your teaching license, and you've had whole two semesters to learn it!!! (true story)0
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Well, I'm roberta... n 4 sum reason I turn into Rebecca....the worst is being called Roberto.... Im a girl!
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ever since i can remember. Surname Wager, which (pretty obviously in my opinion is pronounced like 'placing a wager/bet') but it constantly gets reffered to as wagger, as in a dog that always wags its tail is a wagger. It used to annoy the hell out of me, now i just laugh0
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People dont pronounce it wrong they just insist on spelling my name the girls way!!! IM A GUY!! hahaha0
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Well, I'm roberta... n 4 sum reason I turn into Rebecca....the worst is being called Roberto.... Im a girl! lol
My sisters name was Roberta) I love it !! She got Robyn mostly 0 -
All the time! Everyone mis pronounces my surname... I wish I could change the spelling to see if it helps!0
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im polish but im in scotland just now, no-one can say it perfectly at first, my name is Alicja :P0
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Heya Katya... I'll have to come down and see you so I can say your name. Funny... I'm pretty sure I'd say it right, and yet I can't see why people would say it wrong! Just like it looks, n'est pas?!) love ya to cone visit !!! Yupp .. kaat ya .. But I get kar d ya .. Kate ya Ka tee ya or Kartier .. Lol I'm ok with it tho .. Kinda used to it .. It's Russian 0
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My married surname is Inyagwa...I have gotten cold calls for Mrs. Iguana, I tell them they've got the wrong number I'm Mrs. Gecko. It's actually very phonetic.0
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ppl misprounce my daughters name all the time too.
her name is Nastasia prounced NA-STARS-E-A she gets called Natasha alot
I just call her Starzie as in STARS-ZEE still ppl get that wrong..lol
ok ok just call her Stars as in the sky...lol...0 -
My surname is Tumanuvao.......yeah that's right! you said it wrong!! :laugh: :laugh: people look at me and can't even start to pronounce it then I say "it's Too-many-vowels" no one forgets after that.
I have a Samoan husband0 -
Yes.. my name is Lara... like Lara Croft.. La-rah
However, I am always being called Laura. ALWAYS! It drives me crazy, lol0 -
Kirstin, Kirsten, Kristin, Kristen, Christine, Keerstin, Kirsteen, Christina, Kirsty, Kristy, Kris, Kirs, Curtain (I kid you not!) - what's my name again? Don't even get me started on my surname.0
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My first name is easy - Louise
but as Im half Croatian my last name is Grujic
(pronounced Grew-itch)
And NO ONE gets that right!0 -
My name is Lauren pronounced "Loren" really easy name to say, or so i thought, i always get called Law-ren or Laura.
Constanlt saying; "It's Lauren actually." lol0
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