Mispronouncing Names

[MickeyD]

Many folks get my name wrong... and I ignore them!

 

[Willie Trombone]

I know that feeling. What makes it worse is a repeat offender within the same email conversation...

I have a colleague that kept referring to one of our new staff via email as Mrs So-and-so even after repeated attempts to tell him he is dealing with a guy.

 

[DJ...]

Many folks get my name wrong... and I ignore them!

What's so difficult about "Mac's husband"?

 

[Mila]

My mouth just doesn't get around some names. specially black names, I do try when people tell me how to pronounce it right. But oh he'll i stumble on it again an again. It's not disrespectfull. Disrespectful is when I do it on purpose to upset you.

I have a simple 4 letter name. My parents knew I was going to sruggle with spelling people still get it wrong, it doesn't bother me except when my boss does it. I have been working for him for 5 years. Seriously?

 

[Maverick Jester]

My mouth just doesn't get around some names. specially black names, I do try when people tell me how to pronounce it right. But oh he'll i stumble on it again an again. It's not disrespectfull. Disrespectful is when I do it on purpose to upset you.

I have a simple 4 letter name. My parents knew I was going to sruggle with spelling people still get it wrong, it doesn't bother me except when my boss does it. I have been working for him for 5 years. Seriously?

Your boss is an idiot.

 

[Mila]

Your boss is an idiot.

You tell me

 

[Dom1n8tr1x]

Luckily I have a name that can't be mispronounced, my surname on the other hand is another story.

I have a not so common surname from German origin, but there are various versions of my surname each with it's own spelling. When people mispronounce my surname they usually use the more common English version of my surname.

 

[kingrob]

My name and surname are pronounced and spelled wrong all the time. It doesn't irritate me too much but what irritates me is when people shorten my name to the nickname version as I really hate that.

Poo?

 

[Nick333]

Some people call me dick, which is a helluva mispronunciation. My name's not even Richard...

At least my name rhymes with Dick. Also, Prick. So, I guess it's understandable when people mispronounce my name. Sometimes.

 

[SaiyanZ]

I wonder if the US defense force flagged this thread. An Arab with a nickname, nukefission.

 

[bekdik]

Some people call me dick, which is a helluva mispronunciation. My name's not even Richard...

Half right?

 

[Gunner182]

I hate when people call me Adriaan, instead of Adrian. Sometimes it's even Abrian. My name is so simple yet people can still puck it up.

 

[Paul Hjul]

My surname generally solicits the response of "how do you pronounce that" or if somebody is reading it out "um ... Paul" and various shapes and forms including the really odd ha-jule. Also if somebody writes out my surname the spelling variants are comical and we have received troves of mail with odd variants over the years. The advantage is that most people seem to remember it based on the novelty. My sister moved from a surname that nobody pronounces correctly to one which people spell incorrectly. It has never phased me and since I was a little kid I have known to spell out my surname for people. When my sister was 4 she got lost in Toys-R-Us during Christmas shopping and an announcement came over "we have a little girl at enquiries who would like her big brother Paul H J U L to fetch her" and that has pretty much how it has always been - let me spell it for you.

My first name on the other hand I take for granted that somebody speaking in English will pronounce correctly - even if with an accent that matches there other language use - and when people pronounce it incorrectly I can easily get ticked off.

 

[DJ...]

My surname generally solicits the response of "how do you pronounce that" or if somebody is reading it out "um ... Paul" and various shapes and forms including the really odd ha-jule. Also if somebody writes out my surname the spelling variants are comical and we have received troves of mail with odd variants over the years. The advantage is that most people seem to remember it based on the novelty. My sister moved from a surname that nobody pronounces correctly to one which people spell incorrectly. It has never phased me and since I was a little kid I have known to spell out my surname for people. When my sister was 4 she got lost in Toys-R-Us during Christmas shopping and an announcement came over "we have a little girl at enquiries who would like her big brother Paul H J U L to fetch her" and that has pretty much how it has always been - let me spell it for you.

My first name on the other hand I take for granted that somebody speaking in English will pronounce correctly - even if with an accent that matches there other language use - and when people pronounce it incorrectly I can easily get ticked off.

So how is it pronounced? I've assumed it's somewhere in-between "Shule" and "Jule"...

 

[crackersa]

i can't pronounce most of the names down here..

 

[Paul Hjul]

^^ basically take the "hj" as a "j" in Afrikaans - like Jan en sy maat
the "ul" is pretty much an ool.
Alternatively think of yuletide - which gives raise to wishing people a festive hjultide

Officially it is [juːˀl]
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/hjul

Danish

 

[biometrics]

^^ basically take the "hj" as a "j" in Afrikaans - like Jan en sy maat
the "ul" is pretty much an ool.
Alternatively think of yuletide - which gives raise to wishing people a festive hjultide

So dus "jool".

 

[DJ...]

^^ basically take the "hj" as a "j" in Afrikaans - like Jan en sy maat
the "ul" is pretty much an ool.
Alternatively think of yuletide - which gives raise to wishing people a festive hjultide

Officially it is [juːˀl]
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/hjul

Danish

So 'Yool'...

 

[kingrob]

I hate when people call me Adriaan, instead of Adrian. Sometimes it's even Abrian. My name is so simple yet people can still puck it up.

So sorry to here that, Adriaan.

Cannot believe people would actually make a mistake with your name.

Does it happen very often?

 

[kingrob]

I have a not so common surname from German origin, but there are various versions of my surname each with it's own spelling. When people mispronounce my surname they usually use the more common English version of my surname.

Your surname is not difficult?

It's just Zeffer. Easy.