Colorful Respawn 399 April 9, 2014 Share April 9, 2014 Just as the title says. My name in real life is Grayson Bochat (bo-SHAY) and people ALWAYS mispronounce my last name. Either Bo-chat, or Boc-hat. It gets annoying sometimes, but I learned to deal with it and correct them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonbacon 384 April 9, 2014 Share April 9, 2014 My real name is Xavier but sometimes people call me Zayvier or Havier which gets annoying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ribbonfree 2,383 April 9, 2014 Share April 9, 2014 All the time, and it doesn't help that I cannot pronounce my own name correctly because of a stubborn lisp. It's Anfernee, pronounced phonetically, but people always hear Anthony when I introduce myself. To the point where I accept that as a name. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Life Giver 1,063 April 9, 2014 Share April 9, 2014 Yes.... my second last name.... which is Aguirre.... not even I could pronounced it right... only my mom or those in my family. By:Paradigm-Zero Been a brony since Oct. 28 2011 (On year four)"I'm a member of the old guard."- Life Giver "If tears had flavor ones of joy would taste sweet while ones of sorrow would taste sour."- Life Giver "My only purpose is to serve the holy light. "-Life Giver Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acoustic Cloud 2,202 April 9, 2014 Share April 9, 2014 No, not really, my name is too easy and everyone knows how to say it.Maybe my last name a few times? But not much. (Good thing my heritage was changed from Veehaw, nobody would know how to say that.) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Wulfington 276 April 9, 2014 Share April 9, 2014 This one kid many years ago tried to "correct me" on how to pronounce my own name......no, I'm serious. 5 Proud Supporter of Communism Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shanks 10,816 April 9, 2014 Share April 9, 2014 People butcher my last name (which I am not revealing here) so horribly that I can't help but laugh at it. Yes it is not a very common last name at least not in America but it does have that Italian ci spelling with a ch sound but that is common in a lot of Italian names that people don't butcher THAT bad. 2 Rarity Get's Cockroaches Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frostgage 7,976 April 9, 2014 Share April 9, 2014 No, my name is pretty simple. But I have been called both "Jake" and "John" before (it's Jack). Signature by Lacerna | You should fill out my Johari Window. All the cool kids are doing it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henny Penny Benny 936 April 9, 2014 Share April 9, 2014 Sometimes deliberately. I went to Mexico on a missions trip with my church back in '08 (I don't speak a lick of Spanish), and the guy who was housing us would always introduce me as Benjamon ("Ben-ha-mon" in Spanish) instead of Benjamin ("Ben-ha-meen"). I didn't think anything of it until he explained that "jamon" translates as "ham". 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Callisto 1,877 April 9, 2014 Share April 9, 2014 People have pronounced my first name, Kale, as Kyle more times than I can count. Also, my last name has been horribly butchered many times. Y'know, I've been on this site for almost ten years and I've never had a proper signature. Ain't that something? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dattebayo 2,850 April 9, 2014 Share April 9, 2014 Louis. They called me...Louis... shudder* ^Click for my Deviant Art^ You truly are the Rosa Parks of not understanding what r34 is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Critical 434 April 9, 2014 Share April 9, 2014 My last name is Trinkle. There is a lot to work with on that one. Demo Reel: http://mlpforums.com...-critical-r3994 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gourgeist 262 April 9, 2014 Share April 9, 2014 My name is Carlos, very simple but my last name is Landaverde. (Said like Land-uh-ver-dee). People say everything right but spell landaverde with the second A as E [insert cool signature here] https://www.facebook.com/GhostlyPumpkinPokemon - Gourgeist on facebok Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gernia 691 April 9, 2014 Share April 9, 2014 (edited) My name is Erik Maust (pronounced Mawst), which people have mispronounced as "Moust" (and to be fair, some people with the same last name do have it pronounced it that way). I don't think it got all that annoying over the years, but I'd much prefer people saying it the correct way. I've also never had anyone make jokes at it, I would just get people saying, "Man, that name is so weird!". Edited April 9, 2014 by Gernia Signature by Kyoshi Hymenoptera is the most superior order of insects. | I'm the best Street Fighter player ever... in my hometown. Rosalina's #1 fanboy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rainboom Dash 1,056 April 9, 2014 Share April 9, 2014 Not my first name, but my last name is "Mather" and though it's pronounced "May-ther" some pronounce it "Math-her" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Something Floaty 1,334 April 9, 2014 Share April 9, 2014 My last name is always being pronounced incorrectly. My first name is very simple and relatively common, so I've never had a problem with people pronouncing it, even though I hate the name. Signature created by Champion RD92 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dattebayo 2,850 April 9, 2014 Share April 9, 2014 (edited) Dattebayo. Pronounced as.. Dateboy Dat-boyo Datehboy Datbay aaaaaaand, ponyf*g. Edited April 9, 2014 by Dattebayo 4 ^Click for my Deviant Art^ You truly are the Rosa Parks of not understanding what r34 is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChoroChii 284 April 9, 2014 Share April 9, 2014 People in elementary school used to pronounce it "Ash-A-Lee" and I was like, no. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wind Chaser 4,768 April 9, 2014 Share April 9, 2014 (edited) I won't give my real name here for privacy reasons, but my last name is Hispanic in origin and occasionally a long o is confused with a short o. In middle school it got so bad that I had to add an accent mark to it, and that's how my name showed up on the diploma. Dattebayo. Pronounced as..DateboyDat-boyoDatehboyDatbayaaaaaaand, ponyf*g. How do you pronounce that anyway? I want to ask @@Dark Qiviut the same about his name, but everyone seems to say it's "Buffalo Man". Edited April 9, 2014 by WindChaserPegasus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NomDeSpite 452 April 9, 2014 Share April 9, 2014 (edited) Yes. My surname is butchered far more often than it is pronounced correctly. Sometimes the mispronunciations are funny but usually they make me cringe a bit. I'm not revealing it because my family is literally the only one in the United States that possesses it. I don't need to risk anyone tracking me. People butcher my last name (which I am not revealing here) so horribly that I can't help but laugh at it. Yes it is not a very common last name at least not in America but it does have that Italian ci spelling with a ch sound but that is common in a lot of Italian names that people don't butcher THAT bad. This, basically. Except my surname is French, not Italian. Edited April 9, 2014 by NomDeSpite On 4/12/2014 at 0:00 AM, Miaq_The_Truthful said: This is the internet, not reality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxx 258 April 9, 2014 Share April 9, 2014 Hmm, last name is butchered on a regular basis, just because it has an extra "h" at the end. My first name is fairly simply, but young kids tend to pronounce it as Soapie instead of Sophie due to the "ph" in place of the F. Aim high kid, but don't aim for the impossible - Rainbow Dash ^Amazing Signature by the great and powerful Lunia!^ >My Request Shop< MLP Forum's self-proclaimed evil enchantress. > My Deviantart< Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dattebayo 2,850 April 9, 2014 Share April 9, 2014 I won't give my real name here for privacy reasons, but my last name is Hispanic in origin and occasionally a long o is confused with a short o. In middle school it got so bad that I had to add an accent mark to it, and that's how my name showed up on the diploma. How do you pronounce that anyway? I want to ask @@Dark Qiviut the same about his name. Dah-teh-bey-oh, sometimes sounds like Dah-deh-beh-yo when said fast.Hence, my nickname...Datte. It's really pronounced "Dah-teh-bah-yoh" in Naruto, but eh. Whatchah gonna do? 1 ^Click for my Deviant Art^ You truly are the Rosa Parks of not understanding what r34 is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bold Shadow 23 April 9, 2014 Share April 9, 2014 Not really with my first name, but occasionally with my last name. My last name is Christian, sometimes some people like to pronounce it as Christianson when it's really only just Christian. And it's rather annoying to be honest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PoniesPlease 365 April 9, 2014 Share April 9, 2014 No, but my aunt has come up with hundreds of permutations to write my first name on a birthday card, etc. Daneil, Daneel, Danil, and sometimes even Denial. The last, being somewhat ironic given her response when I tell her it's misspelt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Untitled Goose Q 5,137 April 9, 2014 Share April 9, 2014 Yes. Well, you just try pronouncing Grabauskas correctly first time. It's been done once in my presence. Once. On 4/22/2016 at 6:16 PM, The Nightly Spectre said: One does not ask why The Questioner is awesome. One should instead ask their gods if they ever compare to the awesomeness of the one and only Questioner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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