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    Is your name often mispronounced?

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    Post by Chris Thu Feb 28, 2013 8:13 am

    Either because it's a long/unconventional name, or because it is pronounced differently than it's spelled; is your name (first or last) ever mispronounced?
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    Post by CeCe Thu Feb 28, 2013 12:28 pm

    Not mispronounced, it just confuses people.
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    Post by Shale Thu Feb 28, 2013 12:47 pm

    My name is very Germanic and five letters long but ppl often want to make it more French adding a couple of letters.

    Boyette is not my last name.
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    Post by Alan Smithee Thu Feb 28, 2013 2:59 pm

    No, but sometimes they get the spelling of my last name wrong.
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    Post by Tony Marino Thu Feb 28, 2013 3:03 pm

    Nah.
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    Post by Alan Smithee Thu Feb 28, 2013 3:12 pm

    Tony Marino wrote:Nah.

    Not even in Brooklyn, Ant-nee? big grin
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    Post by Bluesmama Thu Feb 28, 2013 4:43 pm

    My maiden name was. Always.
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    Post by wants2laugh Thu Feb 28, 2013 4:44 pm

    very german first and last name.... although it is becoming more common... those with the name all pronounce it differently. but i get called about 20 different things... and slut, whore, slave are usually some of them LOL
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    Post by Cheaps Thu Feb 28, 2013 5:57 pm

    Not a whole lot, but it does happen.
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    Post by Jason B. Thu Feb 28, 2013 5:59 pm

    My last name isn't mispronounced but is often misspelled.
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    Post by Nystyle709 Thu Feb 28, 2013 11:34 pm

    People will never mispronounce or misspell my last name....but they flub my first name more often than not.
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    Post by Forgiveness Man Fri Mar 01, 2013 10:34 am

    First name's common enough. Last name is often Americanized, even by me. Razz So I wouldn't say "mispronounced" as much as not pronounced in the actual Italian way. lol
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    Post by FireIce918 Sat Mar 02, 2013 3:48 am

    It's more misspelled than anything. My family has been spelling it wrong since my birth. Which I don't get because it's really not that hard of a name. It's like misspelling Suzanne or Alice--you gotta really WANT to fuck it up if you've seen it more than once and STILL spell it wrong.
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    Post by Supernova Sat Mar 02, 2013 3:49 am

    No but it's always misspelled.
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    Post by Alan Smithee Sat Mar 02, 2013 8:33 am

    FireIce918 wrote:It's more misspelled than anything. My family has been spelling it wrong since my birth. Which I don't get because it's really not that hard of a name. It's like misspelling Suzanne or Alice--you gotta really WANT to fuck it up if you've seen it more than once and STILL spell it wrong.

    Your family misspells your name? Are we talking distant cousins twice removed or the ones you sat at the same dinner table with?
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    Post by Hyacinth Girl Sat Mar 02, 2013 11:17 am

    Oh yes! My last name is always mispronounced and misspelled. "McHugh" gets spelled all sort of different ways like McCue, McKew, McGue. . . pronouncing, it's supposed to be "Mc" sounding like "Mick", and "Hugh" like "hue".

    It always gets pronounced stupidly like some of these classics I've heard (usually from telemarketers. . . )

    Mack Goff
    Ma Guff
    Mick Goo
    Mick Hug
    Mack Ho

    etc. . . phonics, people!!!



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    Post by Alan Smithee Sat Mar 02, 2013 1:51 pm

    Hyacinth Girl wrote:Oh yes! My last name is always mispronounced and misspelled. "McHugh" gets spelled all sort of different ways like McCue, McKew, McGue. . . pronouncing, it's supposed to be "Mc" sounding like "Mick", and "Hugh" like "hue".

    It always gets pronounced stupidly like some of these classics I've heard (usually from telemarketers. . . )

    Mack Goff
    Ma Guff
    Mick Goo
    Mick Hug
    Mack Ho

    etc. . . phonics, people!!!




    SMH. I know what you mean. One of the partners where I work retired sometime ago but we still get sales calls for him. It's sad how many ways people pronounce "O'Connor". And it's not like they're from a call center in New Delhi.
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    Post by FireIce918 Mon Mar 04, 2013 12:34 am

    Alan Smithee wrote:

    Your family misspells your name? Are we talking distant cousins twice removed or the ones you sat at the same dinner table with?

    My aunts send gifts every year and EVERY YEAR my name is misspelled!

    What's worse is now that we're all connected on Facebook, they may comment on a pic and STILL spell my name wrong! ::facepalm::
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    Post by Alan Smithee Mon Mar 04, 2013 9:00 am

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