People keep spelling and pronouncing my name wrong

[Anonymous]

I also have a common white person name with a few alternate spellings, and I could not care less how anyone spells it in an email. My husband is a doctor and can’t spell at all, and I’m sure he botches names all the time. My own parents can’t spell my kids’ *very common* names correctly. It’s just not a big deal.

[Anonymous]

Did you read on Twitter that this is disrespectful or something? I have seen posts making the rounds about that. It makes me roll my eyes. So much faux outrage.

[Anonymous]

My own mother still spells my married last name wrong and I’ve been married over 25 years. It’s a common and phonetic last name. It does make me feel disrespected.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Literally half of my husband’s family pronounces my daughter’s name incorrectly. She’s 20.

I have two Andreas - one is ANDrea and the other is Ahndrea. It can be hard.

Wait! What do you mean you "have" two Andreas--like two daughters names Andrea with the two different pronounciations?!?!

LMAO

[Anonymous]

It’s not you…it is them.

Perhaps they like giving nicknames to people. 🫤

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I sign my name in my emails, and people keep changing it to another popular name from the same era.

Eg

Blah blah blah...

Regards Jessica

To which they reply

Dear Jennifer

I sometimes have this happen in person but with Michelle/Melissa.

[Anonymous]

I can understand people misspelling Anne as Ann but how do they pronounce it wrong?

[Anonymous]

It’s not personal, op, and it happens to me constantly. My name is similar to Anna but with an alternate spelling. I've been called Diana, Anjie, and my favorite, Anya. At Starbucks, I'm Anya, and I don't bother correcting it.

[Anonymous]

I kinda resent people who have two first names or a name that has multiple spellings. It’s an annoying extra thing and sometimes you have a brain fart when you know it’s the other thing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My name is not unusual but it's one that has many different spellings and my spelling is not one of the most common. I get annoyed when people respond to an email where my name is plain as day, but I don't waste much energy on it. My name has been misspelled my entire life and will continue to be misspelled.

Kelly, Kelli, Kellie, Kelley?

Good guess but no. It's Lyndsay.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Literally half of my husband’s family pronounces my daughter’s name incorrectly. She’s 20.

I have two Andreas - one is ANDrea and the other is Ahndrea. It can be hard.

Your daughters have the same name but pronounced differently??

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I also have a common white person name with a few alternate spellings, and I could not care less how anyone spells it in an email. My husband is a doctor and can’t spell at all, and I’m sure he botches names all the time. My own parents can’t spell my kids’ *very common* names correctly. It’s just not a big deal.

Looking at the email address and/or signature to see someone's name doesn't require spelling skills.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My own mother still spells my married last name wrong and I’ve been married over 25 years. It’s a common and phonetic last name. It does make me feel disrespected.

Your own mother? Yes, you have every right to be annoyed by that!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My name is not unusual but it's one that has many different spellings and my spelling is not one of the most common. I get annoyed when people respond to an email where my name is plain as day, but I don't waste much energy on it. My name has been misspelled my entire life and will continue to be misspelled.

Kelly, Kelli, Kellie, Kelley?

Good guess but no. It's Lyndsay.

That's actually an unusual name, and the use of y is extremely rare, so I can understand the mistakes!

[Anonymous]

I am a Jodi and people spell it wrong all the time.

I have an unusual last name that isn't spelled like it's pronounced, so correspondence to me is wrong half the time.