kate
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Post by kate on May 14, 2016 23:59:22 GMT
It doesn't bother me. I get variants of my full name and my nickname. NBD.
People spell and/or mispronounce my DS's name all the time. It's a very common surname here; as a given name, it's not as common in the US. It's funny to me that my ILs misspell it. Nobody on my side misspells it because other family members have the same name.
DD has a nickname that nobody spells right. We spell it as a shortened version of her full name; other people have a different spelling as a whole name (not nickname). I don't think it bothers her, either.
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Post by corinne11 on May 15, 2016 0:13:09 GMT
Misspellings of my name -Corrine, Corrinne, Corene, Corin, Coreen, Keryn, Karyn. Yes, even in emails with the drop down menu. Considering that 95% of the people I work with pronounce it completely wrong also, I have learned to go with the flow and don't let it bother me. I know they are talking to me so I tune out the wrong pronounciaton. I have introduce myself to new work mates but before long they are calling me what everybody else calls me. One even apologised because they thought they had been calling me the wrong name. I had to tell them that they were right and everybody else was wrong.
Now my husband is Welsh and spells his name how it is spelt in Wales - Haydn. It is part of his email address and when he is giving it to people verbally he ALWAYS says Haydn with NO E! He still gets phone calls saying that the email won't go through- of course they have added the E !
Corinne
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likescarrots
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Post by likescarrots on May 15, 2016 0:24:59 GMT
It would absolutely bother me. I even cringe when I notice someone has spelled someone else's name wrong on a group email.
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Post by M~ on May 15, 2016 0:34:18 GMT
Yes. Misspelled and mispronounced. Despite my polite correction. So I start misspelling and mispronouncing their name.
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Post by Really Red on May 15, 2016 0:47:28 GMT
I'm Andrea. Anne-DrEE-uh
You know what I hear. Every possible version of Andrea. People ask me how I want it pronounced and I tell them. Few people bother to remember. But what's the funniest is when I'm in a meeting and people call me Adrienne or Angie. When they call me Angie, I just respond "Oh! Please call me Angela" I think people on purpose call me wrong now to hear me say that out loud.
I probably cared when I was in my teens, but it's been a long time since I cared.
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Post by maryland on May 15, 2016 1:28:35 GMT
No, wouldn't bother me. I have a group of good friends from PTO we often spell each others names wrong. I don't think it's just men that make that mistake, many women I know, myself included, do that.
But if it bothers you, I would tell them. Then hopefully they will get it right.
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