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Post by willywonka666 on Sept 12, 2016 23:38:11 GMT -5
And are corrected, but still insist on using their pronunciation
I can't begin to tell you how many times someone will mispronounce my last name and I correct them and they go right back to their pronunciation as if I never said a word,
I also have a friend who is the only person on earth to incorrectly pronounce a mutual friend's son's name even after hearing the kids own mother pronounced mot-what the hell? Why do people do this? Are they truly not paying attention? Are they petty? Do you know anyone?
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Post by Cranjis McBasketball on Sept 12, 2016 23:49:15 GMT -5
I dunno, I do it just to be an ass. I used to work with a guy named Justin. I called him Dustin all the time. Finally, after months of this, he said, "Do you even know my name?" I said, "Yeah, just being an ass".
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Post by El Pollo Guerrera on Sept 13, 2016 1:51:52 GMT -5
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Post by Push R Truth on Sept 13, 2016 7:32:14 GMT -5
More than half the people I meet in a day call me by the wrong name. It's not even being mispronounced, it's a flat out different name. They look at my name on my desk and flat out butcher it.
It's like calling a Billy, Bobby. A Lenny a Lonnie.A Levi an Eli.
I'm so used to it I doesn't bug me too much. But I'll admit, I do use it to gage if the person actually gives a shit about me.
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Post by Mozenrath on Sept 13, 2016 7:38:39 GMT -5
I always liked when Jericho did this, usually by just calling them something entirely wrong, but he did refer to Benoit as "Chris Benoyt" at least once.
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Post by agent817 on Sept 13, 2016 8:40:32 GMT -5
I always liked when Jericho did this, usually by just calling them something entirely wrong, but he did refer to Benoit as "Chris Benoyt" at least once. Kirk Angel Edward Finkel Ron Mysterio Jr. Greenberg I could go on. Some people know that my name starts with an E, so someone thought it was Edward but I corrected them. |
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Post by Shai on Sept 13, 2016 9:16:59 GMT -5
My youngest son's name is Ajani some people no matter how many times I tell them his name keep trying to say his name is Johnny.
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Post by YAKMAN is ICHIBAN on Sept 13, 2016 9:19:39 GMT -5
This is a central issue in the great What Do We Name the Baby debate my wife and I are having. She's vetoed a few of my names because she thinks they'll be pronounced, like Moira. She seriously thinks people will say Moe-ear-ah.
I have a new baby cousin named Evangeline. No one knows if the preferred nickname is pronounced EE-va or Ay-va, and they never remember even though my cousin has told them its EE-va.
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Post by Shai on Sept 13, 2016 9:22:43 GMT -5
This is a central issue in the great What Do We Name the Baby debate my wife and I are having. She's vetoed a few of my names because she thinks they'll be pronounced, like Moira. She seriously thinks people will say Moe-ear-ah. I have a new baby cousin named Evangeline. No one knows if the preferred nickname is pronounced EE-va or Ay-va, and they never remember even though my cousin has told them its EE-va. All of our children have what most people would call nerd names. Our daughter is Kiora our middle son is Soren and Ajani is our youngest. All names from Magic the Gathering. |
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Post by pegasuswarrior on Sept 13, 2016 9:30:20 GMT -5
Not nearly as bad as people who can't spell names correctly. No, I don't mean people who are meeting new people and making a mistake. I mean parents.
"I can name my kid whatever I want and spell it however I want." Yeah? Ok. Well, don't get whiny and pull the entitlement trigger when everyone supposedly "misspells" it or "mispronunces" it. "Felsity" doesn't spell "Felicity."
(Surnames notwithstanding.)
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Post by Eunös ✈ on Sept 13, 2016 9:45:24 GMT -5
I hate when people spell my R/L name as "Collin". It's "Colin", for f***s sake, there's only 1 L!
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Post by Cvslfc123 on Sept 13, 2016 9:45:24 GMT -5
I always liked when Jericho did this, usually by just calling them something entirely wrong, but he did refer to Benoit as "Chris Benoyt" at least once. Kirk Angel Edward Finkel Ron Mysterio Jr. Greenberg I could go on. Some people know that my name starts with an E, so someone thought it was Edward but I corrected them. Mitchell Cole Raisin Jupiter |
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Post by Hypnosis on Sept 13, 2016 10:42:26 GMT -5
I have a slightly different problem: I have to go by my middle name because my half-sister gave my oldest nephew the same first name as me a long time ago.
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Post by Pooh Carlson on Sept 13, 2016 11:22:59 GMT -5
My uncle always says Zack White, and every time I correct him that it's Jack White.
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Post by edgestar on Sept 13, 2016 11:44:14 GMT -5
Not nearly as bad as people who can't spell names correctly. No, I don't mean people who are meeting new people and making a mistake. I mean parents. "I can name my kid whatever I want and spell it however I want." Yeah? Ok. Well, don't get whiny and pull the entitlement trigger when everyone supposedly "misspells" it or "mispronunces" it. "Felsity" doesn't spell "Felicity." (Surnames notwithstanding.) Someone spelled my name "Traysi", once, and another person asked if it was spelled "Trace'" |
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Post by devondragon on Sept 13, 2016 11:55:59 GMT -5
I find it strange how so many people mispronounce my son's name. It's Jean-Luc, not John Luke and certainly not Gene Luck
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Post by Porky's Butthole on Sept 13, 2016 13:16:34 GMT -5
Name's Shawn. Not Sean. Not Shaun. Not any other variation. S-H-A-W-N, dammit.
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Post by Cela on Sept 13, 2016 13:36:43 GMT -5
Not a name, but my boss keeps talking about taking the office out to KARE - RAH - OH - KAY!
Now yes, he is technically correct on how to say karaoke. That is how the Japanese say it, and they invented it. But, different countries pronounce words differently. And sometimes you need to accept the change in language.
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Post by willywonka666 on Sept 13, 2016 15:06:12 GMT -5
Just thought of one, and I'd do a Seinfeld break up with a woman over this: when the pronounce "Reese's" as in the peanut butter cup as "Reecee"
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Post by BorneAgain on Sept 13, 2016 15:43:14 GMT -5
I had numerous people say my name as Raymond Luxury Yacht, in spite of its correct pronunciation of Throatwobbler Mangrove.
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