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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have a long, unusual last name.  
I am so tired of having to have conversations about it when I meet people.

&quot;Oh, where is it from, how do you say it?&quot; 
&quot;Are you from there?&quot;
No my father was.
&quot;Do you speak X language&quot;
No, he died when I was young.

Etc. etc. I am white. I get this is much worse if you aren't. But today I was on the phone with a &quot;really nice&quot; customer service lady who was just taking information before I spoke to the doctor and she INSISTED on knowing how to pronounce my name as a sign of respect

&quot;no really, am I saying it right?&quot;
Yes, that's fine
&quot;no seriously, I want to learn it?&quot;
well, it's more like X. Can you just shut up&gt;?[/quote]

if it really bothers you that much change it or at least change it to the phonetic spelling.

and the correct answer for “are your from there?”  is some form of  “no it’s just a family name”  or “my ancestors were ...”  and the language question “no” is the answer

but you don’t tell people your dad is dead to random people who are asking

you are making your own problem [/quote]

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