Has anybody ever pronounced your name wrong?

[Dattebayo 2,850]

Yes.

 

Well, you just try pronouncing Grabauskas correctly first time.

 

It's been done once in my presence. Once.

Gra-Bau-skas?

Is that how it's pronounced?

[~Silver Essence~ 2,621]

Quite frankly not at all.

 

Even at the most trickiest of names, I never mispronounce them. 

[Untitled Goose Q 5,136]

Gra-Bau-skas?

Is that how it's pronounced?

Depends. How are you pronouncing the "au"?

 

That's what causes most people issues, for some reason.

[Tanner 186]

Yes actually, many people have pronounced my last name wrong   It's Shutkowski (Pronounced Shuh-koh-ski), they pronounce it like Shitcowski and Shukofski. 

[Untitled Goose Q 5,136]

Yes actually, many people have pronounced my last name wrong   It's Shutkowski (Pronounced Shuh-koh-ski), they pronounce it like Shitcowski and Shukofski. 

The most amusing mis pronunciation I have ever had was grab-your-house-keys. Though I think that was deliberate.

[Dattebayo 2,850]

Depends. How are you pronouncing the "au"?

 

That's what causes most people issues, for some reason.

In your name, "bow", as in Bow-wow-wow-yipee-yo-yipee-yay.

Yes?

[Untitled Goose Q 5,136]

In your name, "bow", as in Bow-wow-wow-yipee-yo-yipee-yay.

Yes?

Yes.

 

It's really not hard, but I guess some people just don't try.

[Celtore 2,769]

I'm not going to post it, but it's a fairly heavy polish last name. So yes, mispronunciation happens fairly often. I sometimes respond with the casual pronunciation or the formal pronunciation (fully accented correctly) depending on how annoyed I am with the person messing it up. (ex, telemarketers: formal; friends: casual.)

Edited April 10, 2014 by Celtore

[PsychedelicPony 440]

My last name is Crowel, and not only does it get pronounced wrong all the time (its Cr-ow (as in hurting youself)- ul) they pronounce it either Crow-el, Crow-l, or sometimes like Crowley for some reason. It gets spelled wrong constantly, even by doctor's official files as either Crowell, Crowl, Crowley, and the like.

[Dattebayo 2,850]

Yes.

 

It's really not hard, but I guess some people just don't try.

 

SOmebody stop me, I'm crazy!

[Envy 6,004]

My first name is so popular that it's practically impossible to pronounce it incorrectly. My last name, however, is always mispronounced. lol

[CT-1138 3,180]

Kowalski is the simplest of the Polish surnames to pronounce! Seriously! I can't believe how often that gets butchered. My name's not "Kawasaki", it's not "Kahwahski", it's "Koh-wall-ski". Yes, that simple. 

Edited April 10, 2014 by Dinos4Ever

[MagicalStarSwirl 15]

I thought it was impossible to mispronounce my name since my name is Ty. Someone thought it was initials and called me T-Y as in

Tea Why lol.

[Frith is Magick 1,471]

Some people mispronounce my first name. I'm actually chill with it. I normally hate my name, but the mispronounced version sounds cooler and slightly sexier. 

[Orablanco Account 3,706]

Surprisingly often, and always when my name is being announced, like over the intercom or something, oddly enough. Come on guys, is NAME WITHHELD really that hard to pronounce?

[BastementSparkle 20,312]

My name's Dylan. One of my elementary school teachers pronounced it Die-Laan once. I have no idea how she made that mistake. Maybe she was foreign, I don't remember her very well outside of that incident.

[GottlosMann 221]

Unfortunately, yes. My name's Zachary, and I've actually had teachers say Zatchary while taking attendance.

[Thrashy 2,799]

Yep. People would butcher my original last name, Sausedo, in many different ways, some of them quite creative. The two most common ones I ever heard were "Salcedo" and "Sausalito" (like the cookie). No clue where the hell those Ls are coming from. I guess people just have a thing for the letter L.

[~Sugar Sprinkles~ 637]

Not really, My real name is Samantha. But, everyone calls me Sammyy or Sam. Though, my name is really pronounced SUH-mantha, most people have pronounced it SAM-mantha...which I guess it can go either way.

[Venomous 18,816]

No one has ever mispronounced my real name.

[cuteycindyhoney 13,284]

Nobody ever pronounces my name wrong, but I am getting very tired of my last name (now hyphenated) being spelled wrong!

[Sir Wulfington 276]

This one kid many years ago tried to "correct me" on how to pronounce my own name......no, I'm serious.

Well actually, now that I recall, it was how to spell my own name (he was convinced that George was spelt "Jorge"), but still.....that was an....interesting bus ride.

[XxConfusedUnicornxX 832]

Yes but not only do they pronounce it wrong... THEY SPELL IT WRONG -_-

[ravensilvertail 34]

Yeah. Some people have called me Ryan, Raina, Rainee. Due to the mispronunciations of my name, I've gotten several mail pieces to join in a beauty pageant. Rather embarassing.

[Lagom 204]

Well my name has some times been pronounced wrongly, because it was pronounced as if it started with si instead of cha, but my last name.. About 40 percent or less can't get it right at first. xD