aussiesmg wrote: Answering the phone. "Steve speaking." "Hi Dave." Whatever, do I have an accent or something... wait.
That's okay, my name is Dave and i get . . . .
Steve!
Btw the last name is Cotie - you ought to see how badly that gets screwed up!
Great, now I got that song stuck in my head.
Oh a good friend of mine (not me, my name is super easy "Eric") gets his name butchered all the time,
His name is John Davidson.
Not so hard, eh? The IRS called him and demanded to know why John Davidson Hadn't been filing his taxes. No Joke, it took nearly 2 years to get it straightened out.
BoxheadTim wrote: Try that with a German name that's fairly odd even by German standards, in an English speaking country.
Like Melchior?
Yup. Short version is "Mel".
Got hung with that berkeleyer by my dad, whose name it was also, as was his dad's.
For the curious,it's pronounced Mel-key-awr. You can imagine the attempts I've heard.
I got back at them by naming my daughter Linda. Can't see L-i-n-d-a and screw that up...
My name is Yavuz so... I feel your pain. Whenever I order a pizza or something I just tell them my name is Mike. Makes everyone's life easier.
John Brown wrote: People from the metro Detroit area will recognize the name from the street signs that run between Detroit and Troy. My first name is John R, not John, NOT JOHN R., but John R (with no period). My mother decided it would be funny to name me after a street then name my pasty white sister Donita Brown, yes there is a Don't Eat A Brown joke in there as well. I was raised by incompetents, god I miss them.
So says the man who named his son tanned brown...
My name never gets messed up.... my online handle tends to get a 2nd d added though...
We do get some issues with Camber (my daughter)
Another one here feeling the pain...I've gone by "Gabe" since the age of eight because I grew tired of people slaughtering Gabriel.
It's not "Gabrielle--" nor is it GAH-briel.
Yeah, it's not a particularly masculine name, even though, in my case, it was partially inspired by the football player Roman Gabriel. However, people still mess up "Gabe"--I once had a boss who thought my name was "Gage." She called me that for about a month before I had the heart to correct her.
My last name is Hafner--and if I had a dollar for every damn time some yahoo said "Oh! like Hugh HEfner?! are you related?" I'd have approximately $192. So what if I was? big deal, I'm related to the porn king
I share a last name with the largest manufacturer of condensed soup in the world.
They have products in every supermarket and dollar store in the USA.
Andy Warhol made a painting of the soup cans.
The phone books for even the smallest towns have at least one listing. We are everywhere.
....and I have to spell it for everyone.
Your name is Progresso?
My wife's name is Beth, yet she has to spell it for everyone, because they think B-e-v. Legal form reviewers also ask, "Is your full name Elizabeth?" No, it's Beth, just Beth. Not Elizabeth, not Bethann, not Bethany...
neon4891 wrote: Brian. Normal, but not super common. Until I got my current job and worked with 5 other Bryans, but I was the only one with an "i" My wife is Brianne, not Brianna or one of the other girl versions of Brian.
Seriously? Cool. I dated a girl named Paula, for a brief period of time. She wasn't warming up to any potential for marriage with a guy named Paul, though.
John R Welsh - simple right? but...
For a 5 letter last name the options are:
Walsh (America's Most Wanted)
Welsh
Welch
Welsch
5 letters an 4 ways to spell it.
"L-S-H" can be hard to pronounce when spelling it and often comes off as "ellis-eh-shh" if said too fast.
John Brown wrote: People from the metro Detroit area will recognize the name from the street signs that run between Detroit and Troy. My first name is John R, not John, NOT JOHN R., but John R (with no period). My mother decided it would be funny to name me after a street then name my pasty white sister Donita Brown, yes there is a Don't Eat A Brown joke in there as well. I was raised by incompetents, god I miss them.
There is a rather large Christian University by your name here in AR.
Teh E36 M3 wrote:JThw8 wrote: Yeah, I hear ya, it takes just a few brain cells and a moment of thought to figure out at least a close to phonetic pronunciation of Thwaite....but more often than not its butchered into a word closely resembling that used to describe a portion of the female anatomy.Mulva?
"Dolores!"
16vCorey wrote:Brett_Murphy wrote: I'd pronounce it "Crighten-stein" (or close to that, I forgot my phonetic notation) just by looking at it, though. How close did I get?Not bad, but I think you got your "ei" and "ie" sounds mixed up (at least in this case). It's pronounced like Kree-ten-stine.
There really is no stoppin' the cretins from hoppin'...or steinin' or whatever.
Try living in the south. My name is Mike White. Pretty berkeleying straightforward, right? But here, it's pronounced "MAAAAHHK WAAAATTT." So if I order a berkeleying Pizza, it goes:
"What's your last name, sir?"
"White."
"Watt?"
"No, Mike Watt played bass for the minutemen, I'm Mike White."
"What?"
"NO, WHITE! W-H-I-T-E!"
"Yeah, Watt!"
or something.
My name is Jacques. I think at this point I've heard every mispronunciation there is.
poopshovel wrote:16vCorey wrote:There really is no stoppin' the cretins from hoppin'...or steinin' or whatever.Brett_Murphy wrote: I'd pronounce it "Crighten-stein" (or close to that, I forgot my phonetic notation) just by looking at it, though. How close did I get?Not bad, but I think you got your "ei" and "ie" sounds mixed up (at least in this case). It's pronounced like Kree-ten-stine.
Come on man, show a little respect. It is spelled krietens!
poopshovel wrote: Try living in the south. My name is Mike White. Pretty berkeleying straightforward, right? But here, it's pronounced "MAAAAHHK WAAAATTT." So if I order a berkeleying Pizza, it goes: "What's your last name, sir?" "White." "Watt?" "No, Mike Watt played bass for the minutemen, I'm Mike White." "What?" "NO, WHITE! W-H-I-T-E!" "Yeah, Watt!" or something.
I love the Watt Stripes.
Minutemen reference FTBW!
I don't know what it is but I have seen people behind the counter write down Jhon several times instead of John.
My friend Beau has an entire digital photo album of the many splendored ways that the Starbucks people massacre his name.
My last name is Trostel. Anyone want to take a shot at the pronunciation?
Trah-stell?
Trade ya! You wouldn't believe some of the derivatives I've experienced...
Carlota. Not Carla, not Carly, not Carlotta. Carlota.
Car. Lot. A.
Nobody ever spells it wrong once I tell them that. :D
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