Anonymous
Post 02/22/2018 08:40     Subject: Re:Name pronounciations... do you correct for minor things?
Anonymous wrote: Years ago, I had a friend named Laura. She pronounced it Lara.When people would call her Laura she would always correct them. And she said it annoyed her that most people mispronounced her name. Her name was spelled LAURA


This is a regional thing. My sister is Laura. We grew up calling her law-ra like Lara.
Anonymous
Post 02/22/2018 08:39     Subject: Name pronounciations... do you correct for minor things?
People are just stupid. I'd say over half the people I talk to say "Ash-uh-lee" instead of "Ash-lee". And this is a super common name. There's just not 3 syllables in Ashley.
Anonymous
Post 02/22/2018 08:37     Subject: Name pronounciations... do you correct for minor things?
I have a first name although common enough is often mispronounced. I correct sometimes when I think the relationship is long term, like in business. Otherwise I just wince.
Anonymous
Post 02/22/2018 08:35     Subject: Name pronounciations... do you correct for minor things?
My daughter’s name is Caroline. Pronounced the usual way. You would NOT believe how many people say it wrong, usually Carolyn. REALLY??!? (And I’m not talking about ESL. Our Housecleaner calls her Car-o-lee-nah in a beautiful accent and I love it.)

But yes OP, I correct people who say Carolyn.
Anonymous
Post 02/22/2018 08:31     Subject: Name pronounciations... do you correct for minor things?
Had a telemarketer called the house yesterday and mangle our name. I told her there's no one here by that name. And I was right
Anonymous
Post 02/22/2018 08:26     Subject: Name pronounciations... do you correct for minor things?
Anonymous wrote:A lot of names change pronunciation depending on the country, especially Saint's names. My name changed when I lived in a Spanish speaking country. I liked it and went with it.

I think it's weird if a white bread type American said her name was “Anastasia” pronounced “an uh stah zia”. My grandma does that stuff and she has dementia. She tells people her name is Nancy "Non-cee" instead of the regular Nancy it was for 95 years.


+1
Anonymous
Post 02/22/2018 08:21     Subject: Re:Name pronounciations... do you correct for minor things?
Anonymous wrote: Years ago, I had a friend named Laura. She pronounced it Lara.When people would call her Laura she would always correct them. And she said it annoyed her that most people mispronounced her name. Her name was spelled LAURA


So, Lara like Tara the way Tara Lipinsky says it or Tara like the home of the kings of Ireland?

The first one is very different from the Laura spelling, but the second seems the same to me.
Anonymous
Post 02/22/2018 08:14     Subject: Name pronounciations... do you correct for minor things?
A lot of names change pronunciation depending on the country, especially Saint's names. My name changed when I lived in a Spanish speaking country. I liked it and went with it.

I think it's weird if a white bread type American said her name was “Anastasia” pronounced “an uh stah zia”. My grandma does that stuff and she has dementia. She tells people her name is Nancy "Non-cee" instead of the regular Nancy it was for 95 years.
Anonymous
Post 02/22/2018 08:09     Subject: Name pronounciations... do you correct for minor things?
Anonymous wrote:Only if it’s someone I’m going to see more than once.

Yes - like a coach or a teacher (for DS - he has a name with a european sounding vowel). I do think that sometimes people really just cannot hear the difference. But if it's a LTR like a friend, I will correct (DS will not do it)
Anonymous
Post 02/22/2018 08:04     Subject: Name pronounciations... do you correct for minor things?
Anonymous wrote:No one ever pronounces my two-syllable name correctly. I stopped fighting that battle sometime around the 2nd grade.

I used to work in a call center and out of 80 calls a day, at least 25 involved someone telling me how stupid my name was.



You should have been able to pick a pseudonym! Something ironic like "Sunny"
Anonymous
Post 02/22/2018 08:03     Subject: Name pronounciations... do you correct for minor things?
Laura, Anna, Tara, Cara, sorry, you're getting the local pronounciation! Even Catalina of Aragon had to be Katherine in England and she was royalty.
Anonymous
Post 02/22/2018 07:58     Subject: Name pronounciations... do you correct for minor things?
No one ever pronounces my two-syllable name correctly. I stopped fighting that battle sometime around the 2nd grade.

I used to work in a call center and out of 80 calls a day, at least 25 involved someone telling me how stupid my name was.

Anonymous
Post 02/22/2018 07:42     Subject: Name pronounciations... do you correct for minor things?
I will pronounce your name how I like.

If you try to correct me, I will just take it even further in that direction.
Anonymous
Post 02/22/2018 07:25     Subject: Re:Name pronounciations... do you correct for minor things?
My kids' last name is Hungarian, and my 12 yr old corrects everyone, even if they've never met him before. He broke his arm and corrected the nurse at the ER. I think I'm finally getting through to him that strangers obviously have no idea how to pronounce it, and it's rude to act like they should automatically know. My other two just ignore it.
Anonymous
Post 02/22/2018 07:20     Subject: Name pronounciations... do you correct for minor things?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I have one of those last names that could legitimately be pronounced 2 or 3 different ways.


+1. I don’t correct. I honestly don’t care which pronunciation someone uses for my last name.

I do correct for my first name. I get called Melissa a lot. My name is not Melissa. I guess I just look like a Melissa.


Any chance your name is Michelle? I swear I'm called Melissa in 25% of one-off business interactions.

Funny! Many people call me Debbie. My name is nothing close to Debbie, I just must look like a Debbie.