How do you react when someone mispells or mispronounces your name?
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I have a french last name which, for some reason, causes telemarketers to botch it almost inevitably. Before the inception of the do-not-call list, my brother and I would take turns messing with telemarketers who mispronounced our name. I would simply hang up violently but he would do such things as shout "ARE YOU DUMB??" at the person in question.
With hatred and derision after all my first name's Adam not exactly difficult to spell or pronounce and my last name is a simple five letter english word which likewise is not exactly easy to fuck up.
Well, if they spell it for the first time, I just listen and see if they did it right.
But if they get it wrong the second time.
You won't have my lasting respect as lasting as it was before!
Someone drew in my Dummy (a drawing book) and I was pissedm because it was mine. He wrote that he was sorry. He wrote it with my name spelled wrong. |-( Good grief, I was angry.
But if they get it wrong the second time.
You won't have my lasting respect as lasting as it was before!Someone drew in my Dummy (a drawing book) and I was pissedm because it was mine. He wrote that he was sorry. He wrote it with my name spelled wrong. |-( Good grief, I was angry.
I have...
Last name Degen.
Dee-ghu-en
Hello mister Dugan? Who? You see a a or a U in there?
Daygoon? Idiot...
Dee Gan? Close, but acceptable.
Dezon? Yes Dezon, I told the retard to get hooked on phonics.
Diggen/diggin? Now your so fucking stupid what ever it was I will talk to someone else now...
Then again... some people are just that clueless they can't sound out a name.
Last name Degen.
Dee-ghu-en
Hello mister Dugan? Who? You see a a or a U in there?
Daygoon? Idiot...
Dee Gan? Close, but acceptable.
Dezon? Yes Dezon, I told the retard to get hooked on phonics.
Diggen/diggin? Now your so fucking stupid what ever it was I will talk to someone else now...
Then again... some people are just that clueless they can't sound out a name.
I haven't yet met anyone who didn't come from a country with umlauts to pronounce my last name correctly.
Then again, my first name is Sam, and for the love of God, here in germany I've got people calling me
Sven,
Ken,
Robin(that one was on my first ID. Dunno how they messed up that bad),
and the most annoying to me,
"Sahm" (like "sun").
Then again, my first name is Sam, and for the love of God, here in germany I've got people calling me
Sven,
Ken,
Robin(that one was on my first ID. Dunno how they messed up that bad),
and the most annoying to me,
"Sahm" (like "sun").
People normally misspell my name Connor like "Conner" I don't get too irked, I just let them know the correct way to spell it.
I have a danish last name, it ends in "sen" instead of "son". People fuck that up all the time. I've just kind of accepted this what people are going to do. So i just sigh, and tell them "It's s-E-n, not s-O-n".
My name is John Edge or as call centres call me my egadee, as my bank calls me Mr Hedges, as cold callers call me Mr Edger!
Oh and calling me Jonathan or Jon is a no no.....
That I hate my mother called me John it's not a short form of Jonathan! hence there is an "H" in it like the one in Herbs!
Oh and calling me Jonathan or Jon is a no no.....
That I hate my mother called me John it's not a short form of Jonathan! hence there is an "H" in it like the one in Herbs!
I seriously don't care anymore. There have to be at least three legitimate ways to pronounce my last name. I just spell it out for them when they ask how to say it.
GIANG. My parents say "Yang" which I think sounds stupid. My brother pronounces it "Gang" and I say "Jang." They're all supposedly legit, depending on which language you're speaking.
GIANG. My parents say "Yang" which I think sounds stupid. My brother pronounces it "Gang" and I say "Jang." They're all supposedly legit, depending on which language you're speaking.