Does Anyone have their names constantly mispronounced?? Sia

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  • iffytiffyy
    iffytiffyy Posts: 12 Member
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    my name is Tiffany (super simple and common right) but people all call me Stephanie
  • Saruman_w
    Saruman_w Posts: 1,531 Member
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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.
  • abetterliv
    abetterliv Posts: 50 Member
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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.
  • czechsmate
    czechsmate Posts: 556 Member
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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:
  • kapeluza
    kapeluza Posts: 3,434 Member
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    Always.
  • sullivann
    sullivann Posts: 199 Member
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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 :P
  • ilbcnuz
    ilbcnuz Posts: 48 Member
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    My last name is Brown. Pretty simple, right? People ask me how to spell it all the time. UGH!!!
  • Fedup85
    Fedup85 Posts: 70 Member
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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.
  • yippeeskippee
    yippeeskippee Posts: 32
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    my last name is ALWAYS mispronounced and my first name is ALWAYS misspelled :/

    ^ This
  • Elizabeth_C34
    Elizabeth_C34 Posts: 6,376 Member
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    Everyone in Miami calls me Isabelle, the spanish version of Elizabeth.
  • erzille
    erzille Posts: 524 Member
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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... :smile:
  • Cait_Sidhe
    Cait_Sidhe Posts: 3,150 Member
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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.
  • katya73
    katya73 Posts: 464
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    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 ...
  • Rocki_
    Rocki_ Posts: 166 Member
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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?! :)
  • avesoriano
    avesoriano Posts: 74
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  • yogibella
    yogibella Posts: 321 Member
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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)
  • anima_gemella
    anima_gemella Posts: 243 Member
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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
  • waxon81
    waxon81 Posts: 198 Member
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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 laugh
  • stayxtrue
    stayxtrue Posts: 1,190 Member
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    People dont pronounce it wrong they just insist on spelling my name the girls way!!! IM A GUY!! hahaha
  • katya73
    katya73 Posts: 464
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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

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