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Lanabean
Yoginis
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Lana
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Re: When people mispell or mispronounce your name
yep. I get "Lana" with a long "A" a lot. It sounds so weird. Or, when I was in Richmond Ballet, I got my name with a little twang that used to be annoying, too!
I'm named after Lana Turner, so if I say that, then people usually say it right!
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usuk2004
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Member since 5/05 5150 total posts
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Farah
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Re: When people mispell or mispronounce your name
ME: It's Farah
THEM: Sarah
ME: No, Farah, with an F
THEM: Oh, Saraf
W T F??????????
One time I told someone my name and then spelled it for them - Farah, F-A-R-A-H
A few minutes later I got a fax addressed to Sarah Farah
You can't even spell it for people - for some reason they don't understand "F as in Frank"
I usually have to resort to "Like Farrah Fawcett"  Sooooo cheesy and then follow the "Were you named after her?" questions 
For some reason people here call me FAR-rah...drives me nuts, but they don't understand the subtle difference of pronounciation...
Message edited 7/14/2006 6:29:20 AM.
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| Posted 7/14/06 6:28 AM |
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Shanti
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Re: When people mispell or mispronounce your name
Posted by Shorty
My maiden name is terrrrrrrrible- long and french.
Married last name is very irish, and often mispronounced. I've heard Mickey, McGee, McGoo, Mackey, etc.
Tell me about it!
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| Posted 7/14/06 7:50 AM |
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KaRiSsA
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Member since 5/05 4646 total posts
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Re: When people mispell or mispronounce your name
Nope and they always do.
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| Posted 7/14/06 7:55 AM |
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Stefanie
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Member since 5/05 23599 total posts
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Stefanie
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Re: When people mispell or mispronounce your name
ALL my life, people have spelt my name StePHanie...when I'm really STEFANIE..
It's so annoying. I usually tell people that they're wrong.
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| Posted 7/14/06 8:03 AM |
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unknown1
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Member since 5/05 2771 total posts
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lisa
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Re: When people mispell or mispronounce your name
YES Lisa said as Liza 
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| Posted 7/14/06 8:05 AM |
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leighla
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Lauren
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Re: When people mispell or mispronounce your name
Posted by usuk2004
ME: It's Farah
THEM: Sarah
ME: No, Farah, with an F
THEM: Oh, Saraf
W T F??????????
That's messed up!! Who assumes it's Saraf instead of Farah!!
Weirdos.
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| Posted 7/14/06 8:06 AM |
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Pumpkin
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Re: When people mispell or mispronounce your name
It never really bothered me, people used to misprounouce my maiden name all the time. My married name is simple but people mess it up. It bothers me because my boss constantly messes it no matter how many times I tell him and it is disrespectful at this point.
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| Posted 7/14/06 8:07 AM |
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GenLCSW
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Member since 7/05 21138 total posts
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Genna
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Re: When people mispell or mispronounce your name
Posted by Aliasmom
Does it bother you?
sometimes it does but I have gotten used to it.
me too...I have learned just to ignore it!
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| Posted 7/14/06 8:12 AM |
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2PreciousBlessings
The Perfect Pair
Member since 5/06 19861 total posts
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Re: When people mispell or mispronounce your name
Posted by KaRiSsA
Nope and they always do.
Same here. I know I mispronounce names as well.
Message edited 7/14/2006 8:14:08 AM.
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| Posted 7/14/06 8:13 AM |
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Marcie
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Re: When people mispell or mispronounce your name
Yes - I can say I somtimes get frustrated.
Depends on the situation. When someone that has known me for years - whether it be a friend or a family member - you should know by now my name is spelled Marcie - not Marcy
Also, now that I am married, everyone thinks my last name is my first name
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| Posted 7/14/06 8:14 AM |
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usuk2004
I'm ONE!
Member since 5/05 5150 total posts
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Farah
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Re: When people mispell or mispronounce your name
Posted by leighla
Posted by usuk2004
ME: It's Farah
THEM: Sarah
ME: No, Farah, with an F
THEM: Oh, Saraf
W T F??????????
That's messed up!! Who assumes it's Saraf instead of Farah!!
Weirdos.
To be fair, that only happened once  but the sheer stupidity totally blew me away!
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| Posted 7/14/06 8:19 AM |
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MsMBV
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Re: When people mispell or mispronounce your name
I correct them usually and don't mind, b/c I have an unusual spelling for my first name & a ridiculously long last name. After that if they get it wrong I get a little
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| Posted 7/14/06 8:20 AM |
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MsMBV
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Member since 5/05 28602 total posts
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Re: When people mispell or mispronounce your name
Posted by usuk2004
ME: It's Farah
THEM: Sarah
ME: No, Farah, with an F
THEM: Oh, Saraf
W T F??????????
One time I told someone my name and then spelled it for them - Farah, F-A-R-A-H
A few minutes later I got a fax addressed to Sarah Farah
You can't even spell it for people - for some reason they don't understand "F as in Frank"
I usually have to resort to "Like Farrah Fawcett" Sooooo cheesy and then follow the "Were you named after her?" questions
For some reason people here call me FAR-rah...drives me nuts, but they don't understand the subtle difference of pronounciation...
OMG
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| Posted 7/14/06 8:21 AM |
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MrsPorkChop
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Member since 5/05 9941 total posts
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Missy
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Re: When people mispell or mispronounce your name
my old last name- all the time
new one- only one mispronounce so far-
it makes me laugh at the new ways to twist these simple 5 letters
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| Posted 7/14/06 8:23 AM |
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munchkinbugs
My little loves!
Member since 1/06 8093 total posts
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Lisa
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Re: When people mispell or mispronounce your name
Since I've taken DH's last name they mispronounce it. But it doesn't really bother me, yet. 
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| Posted 7/14/06 8:39 AM |
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steph4777
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Member since 5/05 11726 total posts
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Stephanie
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Re: When people mispell or mispronounce your name
Posted by Stefanie
ALL my life, people have spelt my name StePHanie...when I'm really STEFANIE..
It's so annoying. I usually tell people that they're wrong.
I always get Stefanie, sometimes Stefany. Until we 'met' on board I never saw anyone spell it with an "f"....I was always like who the heck spells it that way.
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| Posted 7/14/06 8:42 AM |
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IrishTracy
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Member since 5/05 15167 total posts
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Tracy
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Re: When people mispell or mispronounce your name
I always correct people when they mispell my name. Tracy no "E"
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| Posted 7/14/06 8:43 AM |
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Emily
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Member since 7/06 8703 total posts
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Re: When people mispell or mispronounce your name
Emily seems easy enough but ummm I get called Amy, Eve, Evelyn, Molly....I don't understand why its difficult but it just is.
Half of my accounts call me Amy and after 4 years I am tired of correcting them so I just go with it.
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| Posted 7/14/06 8:47 AM |
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Heather617
My Babies
Member since 5/05 2566 total posts
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Heather
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Re: When people mispell or mispronounce your name
Noone ever misspelled by Maiden name because it was so easy but my married name gets misspelled all the time. It doesn't bother me though. Whenever I give someone my last name I always spell it out.
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| Posted 7/14/06 8:49 AM |
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Re: When people mispell or mispronounce your name
Posted by IrishTracy
I always correct people when they mispell my name. Tracy no "E"
Oh, I get that all the time too! Someone I work with used to always send memos to "Traci". I really wanted to remind her that "Traci" is a porn star name but "Tracy" is not.
ETA- You may be the only other Tracy I know of who is c-y and not e-y. The few I know/knew were e-y.
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| Posted 7/14/06 8:50 AM |
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Re: When people mispell or mispronounce your name
I ALWAYS politely correct it - because of my job, my name gets around a lot, and I always want to make sure its correct.
also, I used to respond to the mispronounced name, and when the one who got my name wrong found out what my name erally was, they would always ask me why I didnt correct them....
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| Posted 7/14/06 8:51 AM |
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saraH
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Re: When people mispell or mispronounce your name
Posted by Shorty
My maiden name is terrrrrrrrible- long and french.
Married last name is very irish, and often mispronounced. I've heard Mickey, McGee, McGoo, Mackey, etc.
off topic, but when we go over the wedding list i love saying your last name to make chris laugh
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| Posted 7/14/06 8:58 AM |
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BabyAvocado
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Re: When people mispell or mispronounce your name
It does happen to me alot but I'm so used to it. People say Sondra or Saundra instead Sandra (like the "a" in apple). If people ask, I tell them which way to pronounce it, otherwise I don't really correct them although my DH thinks I should. But it's funny because sometimes the same people who call me Sondra, will also call me Sandy...which I don't mind but if you can pronounce Sandy correctly, why not Sandra?
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| Posted 7/14/06 8:59 AM |
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LIBOUND
Texting king
Member since 10/05 5289 total posts
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Suzy
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Re: When people mispell or mispronounce your name
Sometimes. Sometimes people spell Suzy, like Susie, susi, Suzie. And my new last name has an approstrophe (sp?) in it and it almost always gets misspelled, or the ' is left out.
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| Posted 7/14/06 9:02 AM |
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