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Evol
05/29/20 2:47:22 PM
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My names Evan, but cant tell you how many times Ive been called Even or they spelled my name like that lol
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sLaCkEr408___RJ
05/29/20 2:47:57 PM
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Your name is Evol
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SauI_Goodman
05/29/20 2:49:47 PM
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I knew a teacher who pronounced someone's last name as Davies instead of Davis. But then he correctly pronounced some rare eastern european name like Lewendowski.

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ExtremeLuchador
05/29/20 2:50:32 PM
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SauI_Goodman posted...
I knew a teacher who pronounced someone's last name as Davies instead of Davis. But then he correctly pronounced some rare eastern european name like Lewendowski.

Isn't Davies pronounced like Davis anyway?

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lilORANG
05/29/20 2:52:33 PM
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I think my biggest pet peeve is when I sign my name in an email or something, and the reply is "dear [misspelled name]"

And it happens with astonishing frequency. I try to make it a point to spell everyone's name correctly because it so irrationally infuriates me when someone speaks mine wrong.

If they get it wrong when there's nothing to reference, it's fine. My name has a few common spellings. But when I literally give you my name and you can't get it...ugh
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Lost_All_Senses
05/29/20 2:53:24 PM
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Sup Uhvahn

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KogaSteelfang
05/29/20 2:57:05 PM
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People always call me Justin. It's Dustin, but very rarely does anyone get it right. A couple of times when asked I said "It's Dustin, with a D." And they thought my last name was "Withadee" ...Justin Withadee.

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cuttin_in_farm
05/29/20 2:57:37 PM
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ExtremeLuchador posted...
Isn't Davies pronounced like Davis anyway?

Davis rhymes with penis.

Davies rhymes with pennies.

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Master_Bass
05/29/20 3:03:53 PM
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lilORANG posted...
I try to make it a point to spell everyone's name correctly because it so irrationally infuriates me when someone speaks mine wrong.
Yeah, I'm always afraid of messing up someone's name. I always double check when writing an email and sometimes refuse to say someone's name until I'm 100% sure I have it right, lol.

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CanuckCowboy
05/29/20 3:05:32 PM
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My names stew. You know how many people i just let think my name is Steve cause somehow even after i repeat it 3 times they still hear steve?

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lilORANG
05/29/20 3:41:29 PM
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CanuckCowboy posted...
My names stew. You know how many people i just let think my name is Steve cause somehow even after i repeat it 3 times they still hear steve?

You just gotta introduce yourself as Stew, Beef Stew. That'll learn 'em.
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IloveJesus
05/29/20 4:02:35 PM
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SauI_Goodman posted...
I knew a teacher who pronounced someone's last name as Davies instead of Davis. But then he correctly pronounced some rare eastern european name like Lewendowski.

Dayvees and Dayviss are both fair for Davies though. One is the Welsh pronunciation and one is the English.

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Izrael
05/29/20 4:07:04 PM
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People typically get my irl name right, but I've had a lot of people misspell my online name pretty often. It's always "A/Izreal". Seems like a pretty easy name to spell, and yet...

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judasmaiden15
05/29/20 4:08:42 PM
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Everytime I go to del taco they always get my name wrong, they put my name as christ one time on the receipt

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MC_BatCommander
05/29/20 4:11:16 PM
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People fuck up my last name all the time and it's really not hard to read

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Smackems
05/29/20 4:42:43 PM
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Hey it's Oovahn

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VanananaHeyHey
05/29/20 4:48:15 PM
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lilORANG posted...
I think my biggest pet peeve is when I sign my name in an email or something, and the reply is "dear [misspelled name]"
People do that with my first and last names, even though my last name is literally a common, basic, first-grade reading word. My FirstName.LastName is my email and I always sign it. My first name is a little long, but it's a common enough name on its own and its elements are made up of very, very, very common names. And I pretty consistently get back the equivalent of "Dear Firstnam Lastnamer."

Nightmare scenario that happened: Once, I was e-mailing with someone who had a non-typical name for work and I was really, really, really trying to get it right, so I copy/pasted her name out of the e-mail (FirstName.LastName format and I used just the first name). Then I looked at how she signed her name and she had spelled it differently than in the e-mail. It wasn't something that could have been an accidental typo while she was signing like 'a'/'s'; it was something like an 'e' where there had been an 'i.' I felt like crap and she never responded, so I don't have any data points on the actual correct spelling.

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Alteres
05/29/20 4:54:27 PM
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My last name ends in ter, but I had a teacher that would always say "tear" instead.

It sounds like a common word, and I would correct them constantly... but they still pronounced it that way because they thought it sounded better.

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DevsBro
05/29/20 5:01:47 PM
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Weird name here.

My favorite is people who correct me on my name.

I just say "you got me" and let them think it's whatever they insist it is. You don't make it 31 years with a name like mine and even bother anymore.

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Turbam
05/29/20 5:03:00 PM
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People always get my last name wrong, I ain't even upset about it anymore.

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Serious Cat
05/29/20 5:20:14 PM
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I knew a Michael who spelled his name "Micheal" in my yearbook but spells it "Michael" on Facebook. To this day I don't know if he didn't know how his own name was spelled or if he changed it.

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ExtremeLuchador
05/29/20 10:17:36 PM
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I had someone from the UK yell at me for pronouncing their name Davies like Babies. They said it was like Davis.

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MabusIncarnate
05/29/20 10:18:08 PM
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You shouldn't worry too much about stuff like this Ewok

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DDirtyDastard
05/29/20 10:18:46 PM
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Brain damage.
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Solo_Wing
05/29/20 10:28:27 PM
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pikachupwnage
05/29/20 10:29:19 PM
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To be fair many names have myriad different spellings.

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IloveJesus
05/30/20 2:09:15 AM
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ExtremeLuchador posted...
I had someone from the UK yell at me for pronouncing their name Davies like Babies. They said it was like Davis.

Refer to my earlier post.

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