Whenever someone reads your name, what are the weirdest pronounciations they have said?
my name is sama (arabic). it's pronounced= sam-uh
people have called me so many different things
2007-01-07 02:05:33 · 20 answers · asked by Button.Monster 3 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
Yes my last name, it is of eastern european origin a typical Ukranian name, very easy to spell and read but people in UK just cannot get it there are 3 or 4 variations that I always get. If someone gets in right for example a sales person on the phone, I might even listen to what they have to say / sell...
2007-01-07 23:29:26 · answer #1 · answered by Kitty Kat 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
One time, it took a supply teacher five tries to say my first name right, it was painful, and she was half-deaf so when I told it to her, she just got more confused. No one else has ever had a problem with it. My last name, however, is the problem because no one knows that if there's a vowel, two consonents, and then an e, the e does absolutely nothing. My last name ends in "enne," which should sound like "en," but people always pronounce it "een," unless of course they can read properly. There was a dumb teacher who said "een" at my high school graduation. I had even told him the correct pronunciation beforehand. (I'm done complaining for the day).
2007-01-07 02:18:03 · answer #2 · answered by baubles_and_awesomeness 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
My name is Anne Marie. This. Should. Not. Be. Hard. Anne + Marie = An Muh ree.
No one has ever read my name out loud and pronounced it correctly. Ever. I am always "Annie Marie" or "Anna Marie." AGH.
Oh, and I never ask how to pronounce names I don't know, because either I get it, or I am corrected. People I know with really truly hard names only think I'm rude if I ask without at least putting a little effort into trying to stumble through it.
2007-01-07 02:12:46 · answer #3 · answered by Halcyon 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yep. My first name is Kerryn and it's pronounced exactly the same as herron but with a 'K' at the beginning (obviously) and I've had people call me: Keiran, Karen, Kerry, Kylie and Kelly! Everything BUT my actual name! It's rude though. If people don't know how to pronounce it, they should ask.
2007-01-07 02:12:22 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I've got 2 names and the last one is quite hard to pronounce.
2007-01-07 03:21:31 · answer #5 · answered by abnatra 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
My name is Arthur so its not really hard to pronounce but for people coming from non english speaking countries,they really have a hard time pronouncing my name unless they have a similar name in their own language.
2007-01-07 02:09:13 · answer #6 · answered by arthur J 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
My last name is Germanic. It is easily mispronounced and that is one method I use to determine if a telemarketer is calling. The kids at school sure had fun kidding me.
2007-01-07 02:11:48 · answer #7 · answered by david42 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
So sorry someone call you by different name. Tell them not to call you by that name.
When I was small it was difficult to remember names because of the chinese name. So we call ourselves apple, orange or pear. You may want to try any of these names - it works!
2007-01-07 02:09:45 · answer #8 · answered by Janice 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
not hard to pronounce, but sometimes misinterpreted as the other gender if meeting someone on the internet. my name is Billie.
2007-01-07 03:00:58 · answer #9 · answered by balooney2 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
no, my name is Fay. there's really only 1 way you can pronounce that! people can't spell it though.. they always put on an "e" and I hate it soo much!!!
2007-01-07 02:13:49 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋