my name is Joellen.
it's always been mispronounced. it's supposed to be said like Jo-ellen. it's always been mispelled.
so frustrating starting new jobs and no one can get your name right, or meeting new people, or even meeting guys and they ahve no clue how to say your name....what a turn off esp when you tell them over and over.
worst one was my sister-in-law spelled my name wrong on one of our wedding gifts. not just the card, but the actual gift was this poem plaque with our names on top and my name was spelled wrong....the kicker:
we were friends and worked together and i sent her emails ALL the time with my "signature" at the bottom.
so, tell me all about the misimpressions people have about your name and how people get it wrong all the time!!!
2006-06-09 04:50:09 · 15 answers · asked by joey322 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Etiquette
My last name is Corcoran. It is pronounced phoenetically. (like "core core anne"). Its soooo easy but people always pronouce it so poorly, or mis spell it.
usually its prounounced with "cock" in it.
I even once got a letter to "Mr. Cockram." I kept the letter
2006-06-09 04:57:44 · answer #1 · answered by VanJimmy 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
My last name is very weird. It doesn't have any vowels in it. It's spelled RYSZ and pronounced Rizz (or the true Polish way to say it is Rish). I get people pronouncing it Ritz, Rice, Rose, Rise...I can go on and on.
Joellen is a very pretty name! It's unique.
Oh and my first name is Katie. It's not short for anything but I always get called Kathy or Katherine. THAT'S annoying!
2006-06-09 04:54:37 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It started in gradeschool and continues to this day. My name is spelled Marlyne (Danish spelling)-but am always called Marilyn!
I sold some of my private book collelction in the Antique Trader which went worldwide and got a letter from a gentleman in Tiwane, Republic of China addressed to Mr. Marlin B! (sthink I mispelled Tiwane!-no spell check on the screen right now1)
A Sr. High Biology teacher threw an erasure and hit my forehead because I did not answer to his 'Marilyn"-boy someone would sue if they did that today! I worked as a clerk typist during WW2 in a Sioux Falls Air Force Base-S.D. and to avoid the hassel, began to sign legal papers with "Marlene"-dumb, I know but fortuantely someone informed me of it's illegality. Duh!
2006-06-09 05:01:34 · answer #3 · answered by marlynembrindle 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well,tho shakespeare says nothings in a name,everythings in a name!Dont worry.Ur name is so cute and unique,must be proud.Common names are too common.Infact people seek new names for kids these days.Same thing happens with me,but,its heartening sometimes to make people think about our names and its uniqueness.They dont forget the name and the face later!
2006-06-09 04:56:33 · answer #4 · answered by aquarian 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My name is Andrina
People call me Audrey, Andrea, Ariana, Audrina, Adrian, Adriana Adrina, (long A sound on the first A), Adina and even Katrina. A little girl used to call me Ogena but I found that one so cute I did not mind.
I have gotten so used to it I even respond to the mispronounciations now.
2006-06-09 05:01:54 · answer #5 · answered by curiosa 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My aunt has the same problem.. Jeryl. People can't spell or pronounce it and always think it's a guy's name. She hated it growing up. She named her daughter Jennifer so that she would not go through the same experience.
2006-06-09 04:55:00 · answer #6 · answered by lexie 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have, i still have people that i deal with only by email while im at work and they think i am male.
I get Mr. all the time because of my name, but when i was younger it was a name alot of people made fun of also.
2006-06-09 04:59:24 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't have problems with misspellings or with it not being pronounced correctly. However people have a hard time remembering that my name is Veronica and not Vanessa, Virginia or Valerie.
The worst was when I got married and the pastor said, "Do you, Victoria, take this man....."
2006-06-09 05:00:25 · answer #8 · answered by dodgecitykitty1966 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
you wouldn't think that this would be a hard name to get. My name is Maria. Ever since grade school I've been called almost everything BUT Maria!
My favorites are:
Marie (shudder...it's a great name, just not mine!)
Marcie
Marcia
Melissa
Mary
Maggie
Myrna
2006-06-10 06:53:20 · answer #9 · answered by Autumn BrighTree 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well, u will be surprized how stupidly creative people can get with the name nicole. i hate it coz its soooooooooo common and iv met only 2 people who actuall spell it the right way.
2006-06-09 04:54:55 · answer #10 · answered by JustMe 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋