Has anybody ever pronounced your name wrong?

[Neon Fire 473]

UGH, yes!  It's really annoying.  My real name is Ariel, so a lot of times people pronounce it like the word "aerial."  Or on rare occasions, "or-ee-el" like...what?  And on top of that, they'll be like "Oh, like the little mermaid?"  NO.  NOT LIKE THAT.  It gets really annoying. T.T

[neon_wubbly_scratch 7]

yeah that happens to me all the time

[Cyan Blue 946]

ALL THE TIME, My last name is Uy. Try to pronounce that.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It's (Ooooh-E) (Oooh like Oooh and Aaaaah)

[Rhythmic Tempo 49]

Kinda hard to pronounce "Tim" wrong. xD

[Grapz224 137]

My username

ALL
THE
FRIGGIN
TIME

 

it does NOT have an "e" in it, therefore, it is not "Grapes" it's "Grapz" like "Grapple"

[PE Brony 1,712]

I've heard my last name said wrong so many times that I've actually messed up saying it a couple times! haha

 

We always knew when telemarketers or other agencies were calling our house because they ALWAYS absolutely slaughtered our surname!

Edited April 14, 2014 by PE Brony

[Guest]

My first and last name is simple.

People have pronounced my middle name wrong "Cheyenne" ...it's SHY-ANN

But some have said "SHAY-ENN"

[Blackened 512]

My first name is Conor and it has never been pronounced incorrectly, but it's been spelt wrong quite a bit. People have spelt it as Connor, Conner and even Connar.

Edited April 10, 2014 by Blackened

[Invalid 54]

Only all the time.

 

It's become impossible now for anybody to pronounce my first name correctly on their first try.

 

My last name has the letter N as 'ñ' in it and people pronounce it as a regular letter, but I don't really care anymore.

[ghostfacekiller39 23,860]

People butcher my first name because of the southern drawl nearly every Texan has

Instead of "Riley," they say "Rahlee."

 

It kinda bugs me. Nothing to flip out about, though

Edited April 10, 2014 by ghostfacekiller39

[MagicalStarRain 599]

I have been called:

 

Cassandra

Shandra

Sandra

and Whatever

 

None of those are correct. 

[Fhaolan 4,468]

Oh yes. I don't really care though. My RL name is relatively simple, but it's easy to confuse with other similar names. I've been called Ellen, for example, instead of Allan.

 

For my screen name, I fully understand any confusion, as I picked a very old spelling in order to differentiate it from anyone else using the name. For anyone who cares, it's pronounced [fey-oh-lahn], usually shortened to Fhae [fey] or Fhao [fey-oh] depending on how much shortening people want to do.

[Red Cedar 1,407]

I have only had my last name mispronounced by people for whom English is not their first language and/or are unfamiliar with the Scottish custom of the letters "ch" being pronounced as a hard "k" sound. (Think "Loch Ness")

 

I am much more likely to have my last name misspelt by someone else, as out of the two possible spellings of my name mine is the less frequently encountered in North America.

[Seaweed-Headed Dragon 356]

My name is Kenan that is said "Keenan" 

 

Yes lots of people pronounced my name wrong 

[Avatar tag: shipping 299]

I always have people mispronouncing my last name. It's an olde English name which is pretty much a different language. Every new school year and every new job I've had I have to correct people.

[Scootaloodle 1,621]

People have often called me by the wrong first name

 

My names Asher but people sometimes call me Ashleigh: sometimes they think it’s Asha which is annoying to. I dislike being called Ashleigh because that's not my name

 

My name isn't short for Asheligh it just has the same first three letters at the start, and Asha is prononced like Asher but it's a diffrent origin and a girls name to, Asher is a Hebrew name where as Ashleigh and Asha aren't

[Commander Hurricane 170]

My first name and surname are both really common, so no one ever pronounces it wrong. The only time someone might pronounce it wrong is if the teacher is doing the register and they read my name as "Oliver" instead of "Olivia".

Edited April 11, 2014 by Commander Hurricane

[RNgineer 161]

My last name is Valenzuela, and when I'm in California some people butcher up my name or sometimes after they struggle to say my name they ask me if Im from Venezuela lol in puerto rico they never get it wrong

Edited April 12, 2014 by RNgineer

[Fire Lily 86]

Never had a problem with my first name, just people wanting to call me Johnny, which bugs the crap out of me if you do it without asking me first. I kinda keep it reserved for a couple of my cousins and two other people, so generally my answer is no anyway.

 

My old last name (changed it when my parents got divorced) was Boettcher. Go ahead and try it, I'll wait. Nobody ever got it right. EVER. 

 

It's pronounced bet-ker. 

 

No problems at all with my new last name though. Kinda hard to screw up McKenzie. 

[Kel_Grym 1,917]

My first name gets pronounced wrong all the time.

 

Kenny, Kenneth, Keenae, Kenen, Kanon...grr.

 

Guess my real name!

[SS Patches 138]

well with a last name of Keough (Key-oh) i get

 

Keogh

Kayo

Kepo (My Favourite)

Kough

Keyog

Qeyo

Kao

 

My Last name is Irish by the way so it's hard to tell people how to spell it i have gotten

 

Keogh (ON MY SCHOOL FILES!![it infuriates me so much but at least i get out of after school detention misspelling FTW])

Keo

Keoh (Sigh... How?)

Keop

Keoph

 

and also with my last Username on the forums i got from Trillbianknight (kinda pronounced like Tres Bien but not exactly)

 

Trill-bi-an Knight

Trilli-ban Knight

Trill-byan Knight

Trillib-ian Knight

 

(See why i changed my name to Derpy Knight)