How people Butcher your name

[ninetails593]

My Xbox Live username is theREALcoconut. And yet I've heard many people say "theREALaccount" To this day I find it completely retarded and incredibly stupid. Ironically one of my Xbox Live friends made that same mistake!

 

[Jonluw]

I got a football diploma once, where my name was severely messed up.

Roughly translated it went: (first name) grovebay wildsalmon.

 

[Snowden's Secret]

My History teacher always used to call me "Tom" because of my surname.
Now everybody else just butchers my name by not even using it half the bloody time.

 

[Snipermanic]

People are adamant Snipermanic is pronounced Snipermaniac, which it isn't notice the lack of an A.

I've had people spell Lewis wrong, especially the American bank clerk we have here. Every single time she needs correcting. >_<

 

[ultimateownage]

My first name is Aengus, but the e is silent. Whenever I have a new teacher they misspell it. They say it in so many retarded ways. Aehengus eeenguhs aiehnghus hngus aouhngus are some of them.

 

[dragonslayer32]

my name is eheheeeehhhhh, from little britain. however, people pronouce it like a little girl's evil laugh.

 

[Omikron009]

My last name is Kohn, pronounced like John. People always pronounce it "Kone". It pisses me off.

 

[laggyteabag]

My last name is Kuca (coo-sa) but people call me Kuka (coo-ka), Kucha (coo-cha)
My XBL name is Lordjobeyku (Lord-joe-bee-coo), but people say Lord-jo-bay-coo

 

[y1fella]

my name is Elijah and for sum reason my friends often call me Guntah (short for Guntahnator) for some unidentified reason.

 

[Thisbedutch]

Surname: Mulholland.

People like to pronounce it "Mulland". There's a film with it in the title, why don't you know how to say it?!

 

[Kud]

Everybody I know seems to think that calling me 'Ash Ketchum' is funny and that no matter how many times they say it, it will never get old.

 

[Halceon]

It rarely happens, but people tend to think Gints = &#290;irts or Guntis.

 

[Quid Plura]

My GF is called Amarins, she's been called Amaryllis, Hyacinthus, Ammarice, Annaries.

 

[RIOgreatescapist]

No trick to the real name or diminutive. Ricardo = Rio

 

[Zayren]

I dunno, I can't remember how I originally intended this name to be pronounced, so anything really works.

I just remember one incident in WoW on my DK named Deyalisys. I intended it to be pronounced phonetically, that is Day-uh-lee-sees. One time somebody,"Hey dialysis... I get it!" Really? Because I don't. I should have known it was inevitable, and I just started to roll with it.

 

[Willsor]

My surname is Haward, but pronounced Howard. So it's kinda the names fault, but I get called Haywood, Hoe-wood, Whore-wood (lol)

 

[Zykon TheLich]

Not exactly what the OP asked, but name related: my last name is very similar to that of an infamous Fascist, so occasionally I get people asking if he's any relation...doesn't help that I sometimes wear black shirts and a name badge into work.

 

[reyttm4]

In games I more often get called 'Reytmm' than 'Reyttm', but that's not to bad. One of my friends is part greek and his surname is Papadimitriou, so yeah.