Does Anyone have their names constantly mispronounced?? Sia

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  • TimeToDoMe87
    TimeToDoMe87 Posts: 62
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    my name is Mariana (Madi-ana) Roll the R. I get the whiney version of Mary-Anna, if you can't pronounce it don't say it .. or ask me. I prefer the r rolled or if you can't roll the r then day Mahr-yana
  • ValFerg67
    ValFerg67 Posts: 27 Member
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    I'm Valerie but people almost always call me Val.........I don't really like it and would much prefer Valerie
  • ingeh
    ingeh Posts: 513 Member
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    Mine is Inge pronounced Ing-Ga. My nana was polish and it was her name. Most people call me Ing if they now me well enough. This is why im giving my kids names that are easy to tell how they are pronounced! Leo is hard to get wrong lol apart from when we got a card saying "Leon Ryan" instead of "Leo Riley"
  • RhondaRowsell
    RhondaRowsell Posts: 33 Member
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    My last name is Rowsell, pronounced like arousal without the first a. We often get Roswell, like the town in New Mexico where the aliens supposedly are.
  • Luandanielle1979
    Luandanielle1979 Posts: 747 Member
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    Me Im Luan like Luanne I get called Lewan....loo-un. Even loon haha. Although I
  • RoanneRed
    RoanneRed Posts: 429 Member
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    Almost no-one's familiar with Roanne (unless they're know it's a town in France, which my parents didn't) so I gave up a long time ago - although getting called Miranda once when I answered an incoming call was a bit much!
  • Umpire57
    Umpire57 Posts: 389 Member
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    Being a sports official, I won't get into all the names I have been called! :-)
  • Luandanielle1979
    Luandanielle1979 Posts: 747 Member
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    Me Im Luan like Luanne I get called Lewan....loo-un. Even loon haha. Although I

    It went before I finished. I quite like loon it fits well lol x
  • AudgePaudge
    AudgePaudge Posts: 537 Member
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    My name is Audrey. It sounds exactly how it's spelled but for some reason I always get called Audra or Aubrey :)
  • ScarletFyre
    ScarletFyre Posts: 754 Member
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    My name is Suzi (Suzie - but without the "e") - I work in a call center and actually VERBALLY SAY my name over the phone: i get Cindy, Judy, Dizzy (not even kidding), and once got Phil :noway:
  • ni3121
    ni3121 Posts: 9
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    My name is Naimah and people have said my name in sooo many different ways. it's pronounced **Ni-E-Mah**
  • BrwnGirlSlimmn
    BrwnGirlSlimmn Posts: 24 Member
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    Sarayah. suh-ray-yah. "ray" like ray of sunshine. that's actually my twitter name "suhRAYyuh". follow me, lol :)
  • bhalter
    bhalter Posts: 582 Member
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    My name is Barbara, simple enough, but you wouldn't believe how many people think I say "Debora."
  • kekl
    kekl Posts: 382 Member
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    Oh yes lol. My last name is pronounced exactly how it is spelled and there are a million variations people put in there.
  • seehawkmomma
    seehawkmomma Posts: 815
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    My name is Shaanda....

    Most people either say HUH....or pronounce it like Shawnna, Shandra, Shannon, Shanquia, etc etc etc

    I also get a lot of "Shaanda? Isnt that a black persons name" which btw I find really to be so ignorant....mostly because i've never even met another Shaanda so i have no idea what color of skin you have to be to have that name.
  • fteale
    fteale Posts: 5,310 Member
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    I get mine constantly mis-spelled.
  • elfie9863
    elfie9863 Posts: 337
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    My last name is Kahler (pronounced Kay-ler) and it's often pronounced Call-er.

    HAHAHA...my last name is KOHLER...and people pronounce it KALLER...KEELER...once COLLINS...yep...then when I spell and pronounce it for them I always get..OH LIKE THE TOILET/PLUMBING COMPANY!...argh.
  • MaryAnne1
    MaryAnne1 Posts: 183 Member
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    Yes...every possible variation of Mary-Anne - Mary, Anne, Marie-Anne and even my brother got it wrong and called me Anne-Marie!! Aargh!!
  • rrcaudill
    rrcaudill Posts: 87
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    My maiden name was so easy and no one ever has trouble with my first name, but once I got married, I saw what my husband has always had to go through. Our last name is Caudill (pronounced Caw-like a crow sound dill-like the pickle). Most people say Caudle or Cuddle. Lol
  • megz4987
    megz4987 Posts: 1,008 Member
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    My name is meaghan and I've been called every possible pronunciation. Mee-gan, meeg-han, mee-a-gan. It's just like Megan, no confusing added syllables

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