Does Anyone have their names constantly mispronounced?? Sia

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  • Vhovell
    Vhovell Posts: 286
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    All the time! Everyone mis pronounces my surname... I wish I could change the spelling to see if it helps!
  • Alicja_W
    Alicja_W Posts: 169
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    im polish but im in scotland just now, no-one can say it perfectly at first, my name is Alicja :P
  • katya73
    katya73 Posts: 464
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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 :)
  • ninyagwa
    ninyagwa Posts: 341 Member
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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.
  • starskita
    starskita Posts: 54 Member
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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...
  • premiumchilenita
    premiumchilenita Posts: 600 Member
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    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 husband
  • HonkyTonks
    HonkyTonks Posts: 1,193 Member
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    Yes.. my name is Lara... like Lara Croft.. La-rah
    However, I am always being called Laura. ALWAYS! It drives me crazy, lol
  • castadiva
    castadiva Posts: 2,016 Member
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    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.
  • lougru
    lougru Posts: 55
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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!
  • OooLaurenooO
    OooLaurenooO Posts: 227 Member
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    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." lol
  • Nitachi
    Nitachi Posts: 142
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    Ha want to see any of you pronounce my name correctly...Ruan :)
  • harrydresden
    harrydresden Posts: 37
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    People get "Leo", just fine, but the full Russian name that Leo is a shortening of, people don't get. Plus, my Romanian surname is always, always mispronounced!

    It gets to me, that even when I spell my surname out, loud and clear, on invoices and letters, sure enough, it's spelled wrong.
  • spicy618
    spicy618 Posts: 2,114 Member
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    My name is Yvonne. Pronounced Y-uh-vah n. People mispronounce right after I introduce myself...EE-vahn, Uh-vahn. Oh yeah then some just call me Yolanda, really?

    Hi Yvonne!

    My name is Yvonne too :flowerforyou:

    I always get Y-von, Ivan or E Von NE :laugh:
  • loisd82
    loisd82 Posts: 24 Member
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    My name is Lois, pronounced the American way - Low-iss but in Wales where i live there is another pronounciation with the same spelling which is pronounced Loys (as in rhymes with Boys) I hate it!!! but teachers at school would refuse to pronounce my name correctly as they said i was Welsh so would have to pronounce my name as such. After i argued with them i refused to answer them in class. My 3 BIL's often come out with it to wind me up though, lol!!!
  • loisd82
    loisd82 Posts: 24 Member
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    Ha want to see any of you pronounce my name correctly...Ruan :)
    I'm guessing either Roo-ann or Rone?
  • Nitachi
    Nitachi Posts: 142
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    Ha want to see any of you pronounce my name correctly...Ruan :)
    I'm guessing either Roo-ann or Rone?

    More like Row-an...nice try though :tongue:
  • 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

    My sisters name was Roberta :)) I love it !! She got Robyn mostly

    I just tell them to call me roro or roby lol but they always get it wrong..oh i forgot ..someone called me ruperta lol which is so ugly :/ xx
  • SmartAlec03211988
    SmartAlec03211988 Posts: 1,896 Member
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    Name is Stephen.

    Simple, right? Apparently not. I've heard Stefen and Stefan... when it's STEPHEN! You know, like Steven? Except with a PH instead? D'oh!
  • LaMujerMasBonitaDelMundo
    LaMujerMasBonitaDelMundo Posts: 3,634 Member
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    My full name is Jaclyn, a very simple name but is very Americanized. I remember when I was in 2nd grade, my teacher always pronounce my name as Jacylyn. Meanwhile my amigos pronounce it as Yakelin. Anyway I hate that name because I find it too feminine & just prefer to be called Jack or Jackie.
  • Goldenwoof
    Goldenwoof Posts: 535 Member
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    People always butcher my last name, and that blows my mind. It's actually very simple. Just use all the letters in order from left to right.

    Mihaljevic

    For anyone who may be wondering, it's Croatian, and it's pronounced mi-HAL-je-vic. See? Simple. :)

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