Wrong Names??
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right? it's funny though my class mates in college had a really hard time learning to roll
I couldn't imagine anyone pronouncing that without rolling Rrrrs & neither my tongue.My name is Rodrigo... and you have to roll your Rrrrrs0 -
My last name.
Spelled: R A U J O L
Pronounced (approximately) : Row shawl
There is no amaerican equivalent to a french J - but just think the letter sound in deja vu
People first attempt usually sounds like Rrrr (short) aaaa Jewel
What KILLS is when they say "Rrraaajewle?" and I politelt respond, "Actually, it's Raujol" and they look you dead in the face and say, "Rrraaajewle?" and all you can think is: FOR THE LOVE OF GOD WHAT DID I JUST SAY?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!??!!?
I have a friend that just calls me Ravioli0 -
my names crystal i get chris christina christan chrys cherll like wtf ?
my last name always gets spelt wrong same as my name its crystal stuart i get christal stewart like really ??? most my family spells it wrong0 -
My name is Marta, and people call me Maria all the time. Um no...0
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My name is Martine, and I've heard every variation out there, from Mary to Marina to Maryanne.0
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Forget the movie, Maverick waves are some of the best in the world. In reading your post, I read Maverick, not merevic!
Oops! Sounds like word association is needed, I would be annoyed if everyone in the office constantly got my name wrong because they couldn't be bothered to figure it out. NOT that hard!0 -
My name is Stephanie.
I constantly hear Bethany (understandable), Tiffany, and Stacey.
Surprisingly I'm called Stacey a lot.0 -
My name is Danika, nobody pronounces it or spells it right, so I stick with Dani lol0
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People screw up my last name all the time.
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My family last name is Basso - pretty easy, a fish with an o at the end. My son plays football...so the announcer, who has his name printed in front of him will announce if he made a play....names of Brasso (where is the r?) and my favorite DeBassio ....wow...kills me. People have to ask me how to pronounce it......most common i get is Bosso. So i usually say the fish BASS with an O... Bass - O.0
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My sons GF's name is Venus, my wife is from Korea and they do not have a "V" sound in their language so, they usually pronounce "V" as "P"..........sooooooooooooooo .......ummmmm......:laugh:0
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my name is tristan i get christian, justin, chris, kristen, tyrone (cuz u know black guy name starts with t, one guess you gotta go with tyrone -__-)0
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My name is Rodney, but my brother Derrick, has one friend that insists on calling me Dave. Really gets on my tits.
Did nobody make the Only Fools and Horses connection?
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I've been called Kyle so many times, and everyone wants to spell my name as Karl. Just no. I am not a hillbilly or German.0
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My brother's name is Lathen. He gets Layton, Leyden, Nathan etc. When he was in elementry school the teachers all called him Nathan, put his name on his desk as Nathan so he would always just sigh and say "Well I will just take Nathan's desk, he wont be coming anyways" Eventually everyone caught on to what it is, but now he is working in the real world he is finding some of the names they come up with hilarious.
My name is Lauren - I have been called Laurie, Laureen, Laurel or jut people saying Lauren all wrong. it is NOT that hard to say.0 -
My name is Veronica but my professors call me Vicky or Victoria all the time. How the heck do you get Vicky or Victoria from Veronica? I can see V or Ronnie but the others? These are professors for crying out loud. :noway:0
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My name is Heather, which is pretty common and not often butchered BUT I have an uncle that is a redneck from Kentucky and he always calls me Feather. All my life my aunts and cousins have called me Heather Feather or just Feather. Cute, right? Right.
Anyway, I never knew why he called me that or where it came from until a couple years ago when we were all sitting around at Christmas telling stupid family stories and getting drunk. Apparently he misheard my aunt when she told him what my mother had named me. I was almost 6 months old before he asked my mother one day "Why on earth would you name that child Feather? :laugh:0 -
My daughters name is Sydney....she is constantly called Cindy.0
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nothing to do with the topic but I was reading through all the posts and saw how much weight you lost.. WAY TO GO!!!!0
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my name is Oscar. so i'm called Arthur all the time over the phone......and Carlos.
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My name is Kara- that's Care-uh not Car-uh or carol or Karen or Sara or Tara or Keri or Kayla or whatever else you think it is! I will often purposely mispronounce my name to sound like 'Keer-Ra' and then they understand its Kara. Oh the joys of having a difficult name that's only four letters long!!
I'm the same except my name is spelled Cara. It drives me nuts.0 -
My name is Lorraine, but at work there's this woman who calls and whenever I say the greeting message and then "Lorraine speaking" - she ALWAYS says "Oh hi Louise,"
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my name is Oscar. so i called Arthur all the time over the phone......and Carlos.
o yea...and its not a wrong name...but i ALWAYS get..." Oscar? Thats my dog/cat/fish's name!" umm...okay...0 -
My name is Shannon (middle name is Faye), the number of people that call me Sharon is unbelievable, even when they reply to an email that clearly has Shannon in the signature, they still call me Sharon0
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I am on the phone with clients 8 hours a day, and for some reason they hear "Auburn" just as often as "Robin". And SOOO many people call me Miss Robin after I say "My name is Robin" maybe they hear "My name's miss Robin?" I don't know but it is annoying as hell...0
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I go by Georgie and get called Georgia, Georgette, and Georgina a lot because people just don't understand why a girl goes by the name Georgie. Doesn't really bother me though. I actually used to go by George, but got called Georgie enough times that it stuck.
My given name is Stephanie and for whatever reason people always called me Bethany or Brittany. I enunciate well and don't have an accent so I don't understand where the disconnect is.0 -
I typically just tell people I'm "Lori" because "Lorina" gets butchered so bad. Pretty much I'll answer anything that begins with an L.
My neighbor still thinks my name is Lenore, but he has beer for breakfast, lunch and dinner, so I'm not going to waste my breath correcting him.0 -
I get Dot or Stef for my name, which is Beth. ok....0
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My name is Amanda. I haven't had anyone butcher that yet, but I do get Mandy sometimes. I am not a Mandy.
The one I get most is about my daughter, Jadyn. Friends and family still spell it "Jayden" almost every time. Anyone who has seen it written but doesn't know us personally will assume Jadyn is a boy.0 -
My name is Becky and I get called Debbie frequently0
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