Do you tell them or let them figure it out on their own?
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they can call me anything they like as long as its not ****0
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My name has been slaughtered i don't know HOW many times....*ahem* it's Amy, three letters people. I get Jamie a lot, or i've even heard Annie, but the strangest version i've been called was Damie ...who on earth has ever heard of that name? And don't get me started on my 4 letter last name (no it's not LARD) I say let it go until someone else calls you by your correct name in front of him and maybe he will get it
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which is short for Rich and even MFP *** it out D**K0
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My name is Dusti (a pretty common unisex name from my area). When I am outside of my hometown/local area, people always ask me "what's your name short for?" So, I say "what do you mean?" And they say "That's a nickname right?" And then I say "no... what would it be short for?" And then they say "Oh. That's weird". I get so mad about it. It happens a lot! I also get mad when someone that I have known/worked with for a long time still misspells it. 5 letters folks. It's pretty easy. Why must I constantly correct you when your name is long and complicated, yet I can master it's spelling??
ARGGG!
Edited to add: I am Southern, and when I am on the phone with people outside of the South I will always always be referred to as Destiny. HATE IT SO MUCH! And apparently, my accent mangles up my 5 letter last name and sounds like Word (instead of Ward) on the phone. Very frustrating to explain all this repeatedly.0 -
My first name is Billie (like Billy except the girl version)
Middle name is Jo
When I was younger I went by Billie Jo....and EVERYONE got it wrong. I was Billie Jean, Bobby Jo, Bobby Jean, Betty Jo, Betty Jean...everything BUT Billie Jo!
Now that I am older I mostly go by Billie. I get so irritated when someone asks what my name is, I say Billie, and they respond with, "Did your parents want a boy?" Umm, NO!!!!
They knew I was a girl and they wanted to name me Billie. What is wrong with that??? I just think that is so rude.
It's either that or, "What is your real name?" RRRRRRR!!! That is my real name!!
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Also I correspond via email with a lot of people I don't know in person and have never spoken to and it never fails that they write Bill. Sigh. I give up.0 -
My name is Audumn and they butcher it alot the only time I ever correct is when they mistaken my oldest... His name is Rion (like the constellation) and they always call him RE-ON......drives me insane0
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People are stupid.
I get called John because of my last name. Then I tell them it's David, and they call me Dave.
People are stupid.0 -
I correct people the first couple of times, but if they continue to call me by the wrong name, I just ignore it. My name is constantly being said wrong so after a few times, I just let it go. It is annoying though, especially when you have corrected them several times.0
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My name has been confused with everything from Shelley - Kelly - Nellie, Ellen and even Edith one time!
I correct if there is a chance I will ever see this person again. If I meet them again, I make sure to correct them, and just laugh it off.
But because of this, I do my very best to get other people's name correct!!0 -
My name is Rosanne.....people (not friends...but aquaintances) always call me Roxanne. I never correct them...just go with it.0
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I have to deal with this constantly. Jesse is apparently a confusing name, in that everyone spells it like I am a girl...every time. There is no 'i' in my name, anywhere. Really irritates me. Then I get people that call me Jeffy, as well. I correct anyone I have to deal with, because if I don't the constant reminder that they can't make simple corrections makes me not want to deal with them.
My husbands name is Jesse and people forever spell it Jessie, and an old man at our local gas station calls him Jeffrey...ugh0 -
Maybe start wearing a name tag with the actual spelling and phonetic spelling? He might get the picture then. Or, if you have a friend at work, see if you can meet and walk in together. When he says your name wrong, the friend could say "I thought you pronounced it: (insert correct pronunciation). You could also start saying his name incorrectly and see if he gets the hint ;-)
As I'd probably not actually be brave enough to do any of the above, I'd probably just let it be if it were me.
Good luck!
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My daughters name is Sydney.
She will introduce herself (she is 5) and people will call her Cindy.
She will correct them.
"No.. It's SYD-NEE!!!"
If she can do it, so can you
My daughter is Sadie (Say-Dee) and she gets Cindy and Sandy ALL, THE. TIME. but she's super shy and quietly corrects people but they NEVER hear her. Poor kid.0 -
People screw up my name all the time.
Unless it's someone I have to deal with consistently, I don't bother correcting them.0 -
m y first name is Stephane....
guess how many call me Steven, Steffen, or whatever... and that is when I am lucky that they see me as being a man....
People that don;t know me, call me Stephanie and are definitely expecting a girl... help me cream out the telemarketers....0 -
When I was dating my husband, he used to correct everyone when they mispronounced his last name. I remember thinking "is it really that big a deal?" Now that we're married, it TOTALLY is and I do it constantly. It sounds EXACTLY like it's spelled people!
The only time I don't correct someone is when it's someone I obviously don't know, like a telemarketer. I tell them they have the wrong number. If you can't pronounce my name, I don't want or need to talk to you :laugh:0 -
My name is Lauren, pronounced Laur-REN..
I get Lorraine, Lorne, Lorna, Lori, Laurel, Lynn, Laureen...
the possibilities people come up with are endless....
I've learned to correct them twice, and then if they can't pay attention I leave it alone....then again, my name is unique enough that if they call me something else to someone and THAT person corrects them is usually how it's fixed in the end.
I don't mind, it is what it is...but as a result I, myself, tend to be more sensitive to other people names and spelling.
Lauren0 -
Telling someone how to say your name properly is perfectly fine... but telling them to roll the r's or say silent X's as Y's and twist their tongue backwards or pucker their lips or speak from the throat while holding your breathe at the end, etc..... then I would say no, don't do that.0
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Unless they are writing me a cheque I let them be wrong. =D
Doesn't matter to me, unless it is official. I have friends of so many nationalities, I have been called versions of my name pronunciation-wise that it no longer phases me. If its close, or respectful, I answer.0 -
I get Saundra or Sondra a lot. It's not either of those. It's SAndra! With an A like in HAT. Also, Sandy? Who said you could call me Sandy when I clearly introduced myself and GO BY Sandra? Very annoying. I don't correct people, though. I just let it go.0
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A boss of mine always got my name wrong, despite everyone pronouncing my name correctly and obviously around him. He also did it very loudly.... After about 10 months of this, his girlfriend asked how my name was actually pronounced.
He then spent the next year not addressing me by name at all......0 -
My name is Karen...but I get called Sharon and Carol a lot :noway:0
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For some reason children and not-native English speakers can NOT pronounce Meredith. I never thought it to be a weird name, but apparently it's difficult to pronounce and those who are from regions that do not speak English have never heard of it. If somebody can't pronounce it after a few tries, I just tell them to call me Mer and be done with it.
The Vietnamese ladies at the nail salon I go to all call me Meredy. I just go with it lol
Some non-English speakers actually do not have the ability to pronounce the "th" so that can be some of the issue with the Vietnamese ladies. Asian speaking countries have a difficult time trying pronounce a word that ends in a consonant - their words all end in vowels. Also, my sister's name is Aleisha but Japanese people can't pronounce the "l" so they say it like "Areisha".0 -
I agree with another poster. If this is someone that you just exchange pleasantries with and don't really know, I wouldn't care, but.....if you do correct him, make a joke of it, but make sure he says it correctly before moving on - then he has no excuse in the future.
My first name is Tanya. My dad named me and decided on the spelling. It is pronounced with a short "o" sound (as in open up and say, aahhhhh!), not a short "a" sound (as in "and"). Whether he spelled it wrong or pronounced it wrong, it's his fault. I get asked how to pronounce it all the time, and when I do explain it, I get told all the time it's wrong. So I tell people to take it up with my dad. It's annoying. For people who don't see the spelling, I am called Tina, Tracey, etc when they don't remember my name.
On the other hand, it's your name. Even if you don't want him to feel badly, tell him. If I was pronouncing someone's name incorrectly, I think I'd want to know.
Ummm, this is sooo me!! My dad also choose the spelling LOL! At this point I just let people call me whatever they like, its better then the 'you spelled it wrong arguement' LOL. My daughters name is Ainslee, pronounced just how its spelled yet no one gets it right!! She gets called Annsley, Annalese, Onsley...you name it!! As for last name...you correct people and they are always like "oh, how its spelled"! 0 -
Telling someone how to say your name properly is perfectly fine... but telling them to roll the r's or say silent X's as Y's and twist their tongue backwards or pucker their lips or speak from the throat while holding your breathe at the end, etc..... then I would say no, don't do that.
HAHA!!!! I agree!!!0 -
**^^^ I love your response!**
I have tried and tried to get the people at me work to call my by my real name and not my nickname. I cannot STAND my nickname. I'll even call and say "Hi so and so it's ALLEGRA," their response is ALWAYS "Oh hi Alley."
I finally broke down and at least corrected their spelling of my nickname. I feel like it's a lost cause to try to get people to call me by my name anymore.
It's like nails on a chalk board though....
I get this. It's like they are your automatic bff or have an "in" with you if they can chop off half your name or turn it into something else. :laugh:
I can handle my name being shortened to Krys at times but being called Kristi pisses me off. If someone is going to waste their breath on 2 syllables, why not make it the correct ones?0 -
My sons name is Jayce. Said just like it's spelled & rhymes with "face".
Anyways, he constantly gets "Jaycee" "Jaycie" "Jason" .....
He has a twin brother named Jaxon. People always say to me "you named them Jaxon and Jason?" ummm no?
I named them Jaxon and Jayce. Thank you.
My married name is Galick. People are forever calling me "gay-lick" ........there is no y people.0 -
My first name is Dan... I work in collections all day... I get called Dave, Dale, Don.
Last name is Teets. 99 chances out of 100 I have to spell it the exact instant I say my last name for someone.
I can talk to the same person every month and they can get my name right three months in a row and then out of the blue I get called "Dale," I have learned to just let it roll off my back. As long as you don't cuss me out, I am fine with you.0 -
Wow.. the apparent frequency with which people manage to mangle the most common and phonetically-spelled names (really? You can't pronounce "Lauren"?) around leads me back to a long-held belief:
people are stupid.0 -
My name is Rylie and I always get called Kylie or Ryan, even Rene, plus people can NEVER spell it right. Same goes with my last name, always spelled wrong and usually pronounced wrong (and my last name is pretty simple to figure out!). I get tired of correcting it, so I usually just let it slide. The only time I correct people is if it needs to be spelled correctly (on important forms, name tags, etc.). The only time it ever annoys me is if someone spells my name wrong when it is clearly spelled out right in front of them.
If the person is someone who I'll see time and time again, I make it a point to clearly introduce myself and make sure they repeat it correctly, they usually figure it out pretty quickly.0
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