Names I have come to hate

[Cami]

Carol
Andrea
Louis (no offense Matty)

I never how these are pronounced. Sometimes with Carol, I don't know if it's a guy or a girl, and you'd be surprised, ok well maybe not, at how offended people get if you say their name wrong, and then sometimes they won't even talk to you! When making cold calls that can be very frustrating.

 

[Matty]

It's Jean-Louis. Try pronouncing that instead.

There's this guy at work, Aaron, who insists that we pronounce his name Ah-ron. Cause that's what his parents named him.

Not a day goes by that he doesn't need to correct people. And he does. He's fighting the good fight, in the name of unusual pronunciation.

 

[Cami]

Yeah I recalled Jean was the first of his name, but still, don't mean any offense to anyone who has these names.
Aaron is another good example, some people do pronounce it ahron, others pronounce it Erin. People tend to mispronounce my name, I gave up on correct them years ago. My bffs name is Alicia, and people are always swapping our names. We just ignore it anymore.

 

[Mudcat]

It has been an uneven ride with my name.

Growing up, it seemed like there were always 2-3 Stephens in every group and everyone knew how to say it. I always knew intellectually that it was sort of an odd spelling - like, why does a ph sound like a v? - but there was never a problem so good. Hell, it's in the bible.

Common knowledge, they call it.

It has gotten more and more troublesome as I have gotten older. Certainly when I was betting on sports for a living and frequently talking to people from Central America and the islands, it almost never got pronounced correctly. Now, even right here in my hometown, more and more it gets pronounced tentatively, with quizzical looks. Europeans, Asians.

Steffen or Steff-AHN.

If someone asks me directly, I will tell them but if they take a stab and are wrong, I just let it go. Who gives a shit?

People on a lifetime mission to make sure there name is pronounced correctly ---> ghey.

 

[Matty]

Anglo-Canadians insist on calling me Machoo, as if that was somehow closer to my name than Matthew.

Fiveteamer is guilty of that.

 

[IAG]

I agree on Andrea....Not only is there the ann vs. ahn deal going on, there is the syllable emphasis...AHN dray ah or ahn DRA ah. and Ahn DRA ah vs Ann dree ah. Fok.

 

[Matty]

Ahn is definitely the trend here. It clashes with my NYC style of butchered English.

 

[reno cool]

Louie is a good name, watcha talkin bout?

yes cold calling leads to annoyed people anyway you look at it pal

 

[Mudcat]

I don't get how Carol can be mispronounced. I am only aware of one pronunciation for that.

Helluva a common name for alcoholics though, Carol. Man there were a lot of Carols when I used to go to AA.

 

[MrX]

Andrea is the worst. There seem to be about 12 ways to pronounce it.

 

[Fu Manchu]

carolyn/carolynn/caroline can be a mess too

 

[reno cool]

oh yeah, Carol had to be drunk :

 

[RayRay]

wheres the power box, carol??? gahhdamn jj did have some moments

 

[Fu Manchu]

 

[Cami]

I don't get how Carol can be mispronounced. I am only aware of one pronunciation for that.

Helluva a common name for alcoholics though, Carol. Man there were a lot of Carols when I used to go to AA.

Because it can be Care-ol (female)
or
Car-ol (male)

 

[wal66]

You should add any name that begins with Senator, Congressman or Mr President.

 

[Blitty]

I thought men were- Carl?

But I also thought that Canada was larger than China, so don't mind me.

 

[bacon]

I saw there's a guy named Ha Ha in trouble with the NCAA.

I'm thinking this isn't what his parents had in mind.

Big time Nelson fans maybe?